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Quantifying unintended effects of an agroecological research project on farmers' practices and social network in Papua New Guinea

open access: yesPeople and Nature, 2022
Agroecological researchers and advocates often make assumptions about the social impact and dissemination of their work: researchers may assume that their work has impact through postresearch dissemination, while advocates may assume that new ...
Mirjam Hazenbosch   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why does currency denomination in external liabilities of small island developing states matter? Evidence from Fiji

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 447-464, September 2022., 2022
Abstract The valuation effects on international investment position induced by the exchange rate volatility are not uniform or easily manageable in small and vulnerable economies when compared with larger developing or developed countries. To investigate the underlying dynamics, we developed a foreign currency exposure index over the period 2006–2019 ...
Devendra Kumar Jain   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Popular political attitudes in Samoa: Findings of the Pacific Attitudes Survey

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 408-429, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Popular political attitudes surveys have been conducted globally for several decades, but the Pacific region remains an exception. This paper presents the findings of the first Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS), conducted in Samoa from December 2020‐January 2021.
Michael Leach   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Six years too long [Bougainville]

open access: yesPacific Journalism Review, 1994
An editorial on the Bougainville peace talks at Arawa in October 1994.
The Times of Papua New Guinea
doaj   +1 more source

The Rhinoceros in New Guinea [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1875
LIEUT. SIDNEY SMITH, late of H.M.S. Basilisk, reports that while engaged in surveying on the north coast of Papua, between Huon Bay and Cape Basilisk, being on shore with a party cutting firewood, the observed in the forest the “droppings” (excrement) of a rhinoceros in more than one place, the bushes in the neighbourhood being also broken and trampled
openaire   +7 more sources

The path to kina convertibility: An analysis of Papua New Guineaʼs foreign exchange market

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 465-482, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Papua New Guinea (PNG) has faced a foreign exchange (forex) shortage since 2015. The Bank of PNG has resorted to forex rationing to protect reserves, leading to a large backlog of orders and import compression. This paper surveys the structure of PNGʼs forex market and analyses recent market conditions.
Martin Davies, Marcel Schröder
wiley   +1 more source

High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea

open access: yesTropical Medicine and Health, 2021
Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a tuberculosis (TB) case notification rate of 333 cases per 100,000 population in 2016 and is one of the 14 countries classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “high-burden” for TB, multi-drug-resistant TB
Barne Willie   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

New species of Cydistomyia Taylor with notes and collection records for other Tabanidae (Diptera) from New Guinea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Four new species of Cydistomyia Taylor from New Guinea, C. missimiensis, C. madangiensis, C. waigani, and C. moresbyensis, are described and figured.
Goodwin, James T.
core   +1 more source

COVID‐19 in the Pacific territories: Isolation, borders and the complexities of governance

open access: yesAsia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 394-407, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Early experience of COVID‐19 in seven Pacific politically dependent territories (Guam, American Samoa, Pitcairn, Tokelau, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, and New Caledonia) emphasises a diversity of contexts, responses, outcomes and possible futures.
John Connell
wiley   +1 more source

A large outbreak of shigellosis commencing in an internally displaced population, Papua New Guinea, 2013

open access: yesWestern Pacific Surveillance and Response, 2014
Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate a large outbreak of shigellosis in Papua New Guinea that began in a camp for internally displaced persons before spreading throughout the general community.
Edwin Benny   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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