In the Pacific we aspire to endurance and sustainability. But progress is difficult to sustain when we face multiple threats that reverse decades of development gains in a matter of hours or days, says Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum.
Wayne Osterberg, Director, Advisory Services, KPMG Papua New Guinea, gives practical advice on the implications of COVID-19 for Papua New Guinea private, midmarket and emerging businesses.
Associate Lecturer Dek Joe Sum is based at the University of Papua New Guinea and has been in lockdown in Port Moresby since 24 March. This is his experience.
Papua New Guinean lawyer Sharon Kupp-Tengdui is leading by example and helping to change the all-male landscape usually seen in PNG boards.
While Australia prepares its domestic interventions, it needs to spare some thought for the Pacific as well, say Alexandre Dayant and Jonathan Pryke from the Lowy Institute’s The Interpreter
KPMG’s Wayne Osterberg argues that it might be time to use Papua New Guinea’s stock market to help drive growth in the country.
University of Papua New Guinea’s Maholopa Laveil looks at the real impact of the government’s tariff policies on local manufacturers.
PwC’s Mohammad Chowdhury and Jonathan Seeto argue PNG needs three critical market reforms if it wants to make the most of its new telecommunications infrastructure.
Chey Scovell, CEO of the Manufacturers Council of Papua New Guinea, argues that the country needs to control its costs and kickstart spending if manufacturing is to grow.
Papua New Guinea’s industrial hub has a lot going for it as it enters the new year, says a quietly confident President of the Lae Chamber of Commerce and Industry, John Byrne.