How would you characterise PNG’s response to the global economic downturn that is affecting many areas of its economy?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Geoff Toone, Former Managing Director, Westpac Bank Papua New Guinea: Interview from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
Articles & Analysis | Mobile banking products help rural Papua New Guinea from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
Financial institutions are making small but significant moves that are helping the sector to evolve incrementally. To a great extent, the changes revolve around branch expansion and the reach within the community. Westpac Bank currently has 16 branches around the country, while the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has 12. Bank...
Articles & Analysis | Papua New Guinea introduces measures promoting SME growth from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
The government of Papua New Guinea has rolled out a new plan to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by improving access to finance and training. Unveiled in February 2016, the SME Policy and Master Plan 2016-30 sets out objectives to expand the economy and create employment outside of the main population and trade hubs. The...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Joe Lera, Minister of Bougainville Affairs: Interview from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
Articles & Analysis | OBG talks to Brenda Tohiana, Acting Secretary for Finance, Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG): Interview from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
To what extent does the ABG have to rely on the national government of Papua New Guinea?
Articles & Analysis | Papua New Guinea to hold referendum on Bourgainville's regional autonomy from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016
Situated at the eastern-most point of the New Guinea islands and in a different time zone from the rest of Papua New Guinea, the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (ARB) is composed of two large islands, Buka and Bougainville, separated by a narrow tidal channel. Together with over 200 smaller islands and countless atolls, it forms an...