This article builds on a previous Devpolicy Blog piece written by Edwin Venu Pedro and Jess Marinaccio, government employees engaged in Tuvalu’s Digital Nation project. They highlighted growing ...

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have both recently made changes to their construction procurement policies. These aim to promote more employment and skills development for the ...

Devpolicy's latest poll on Australian attitudes to aid reveals disappointing, predictable and surprising findings about aid support.

The Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) provides up to 3,000 permanent residency visas for citizens of up to 12 Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste. To obtain a PEV visa, you first must enter a ballot, ...

The latest OECD reporting on public and private climate finance shows that this finance reached a combined US$133 billion in ...

Cameron Hill unpacks Pauline Hanson's National Press Club remarks on Australian aid, China and corruption in the Pacific.

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The January by-election for the provincial seat in the New Ireland province of Papua New Guinea marks a moment of transition from the death of Sir Julius Chan in 2025, one of the country’s most ...

The advent of a more punitive geopolitical environment under the second Trump administration creates fresh challenges to the diplomatic agency of Pacific Island states. Since the 1970s, these small ...

Penny Morton is currently Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Policy Branch at Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She was previously Minister-Counsellor at the Australian High ...