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Articles by Arichika Okazaki
2023 aid budget breakfast
Against the backdrop of the global “polycrisis”, the Albanese government is drawing up a new international development policy, a review of Australia’s approach to development finance, and a ten-year capability plan for DFAT. What might this all mean for Australian aid as the Treasurer hands down the 2023-24 Federal Budget on Tuesday 9 May? Join the Development Policy Centre (Devpol) for a virtual aid budget breakfast.
Interhousehold transfers in urban PNG: a study from the 1980s
12.30–1.30pm PNG time / 1.30–2.30pm Canberra time Urban household surveys were conducted in 1982 and 1983 in PNG with the aim of describing interhousehold transfers in poorer urban households and the effect of transfers on the wellbeing of those households. Four census units were selected with high proportions of households without wage earners, two in Port Moresby and two in Madang.
Change in PNG’s fresh food marketplaces over the past 60 years
12.30–1.30pm PNG time / 1.30–2.30pm Canberra time Fresh food marketplaces are vital to food security, livelihoods, and the national economy in Papua New Guinea. They are spaces of both strong continuity with the past, but also of considerable transformation, particularly in the last 20 years. Marketplaces have spread geographically, and operate more often. There have also been shifts in what is being sold, and who is selling the produce, including the gender composition of vendors.
The important, unanswered questions from PNG’s 2022 elections
1.30–2.30pm Canberra time / 12.30–1.30pm PNG time Much is already clear about the 2022 elections in Papua New Guinea. They were bad, possibly the worst in the country’s history. Election-related violence was a serious problem, particularly in parts of the Highlands. The roll was inaccurate. Rumours of electoral conspiracies were rife online. Vote buying was a common problem.
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Do Papuan lives matter? By Arichika Okazaki The tragic death of George Floyd has revitalised the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement not only in the USA, but also in other parts of the world. In one of Australia’s closest neighbours, Indonesia, the BLM movement has helped place a spotlight on the long-running grievances held by those who identify as West Papuans and call for self-determination in Indonesia’s eastern provinces.
Nation Making and Nation Breaking in the Pacific Islands: the Case of Papua New Guinea
These challenges are most evident in Papua New Guinea (PNG), whose population of more than 8 million comprises hundreds of local ethnic groups speaking over 800 different languages. PNG’s internal complexity and fragile national coherence are indicative of the difficulties confronting external efforts to exert influence and control in this part of the world, both with respect to individual countries and a wider region marked by extensive diversity.
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