District Services Improvement Program News Today

To achieve autonomy, New Ireland should retain the revenues to which it already has rights and not seek to raise dubious new taxes, says Maholopa Laveil.

Proper governance mechanisms need to be in place to manage and invest the large sums that will soon flow to the landowners, says Andrew Anton Mako.

Maholopa Laveil says the volatility of PNG’s District Services Improvement Program (DSIP) is limiting PNG’s ability to meet its development goals.

The difficult work of reversing rural decline in PNG requires economic diversification and building human capacity, says Andrew Anton Mako.

Has Marape decided to double MP funds to shore up his leadership? Andrew Mako and Stephen Howes say the decision is hard to explain any other way.

Ten years after his previous blogs, the situation in Andrew Anton Mako's home district of Paiela-Hewa has deteriorated further. He suggests solutions.

Large amounts of monies spent on ghost projects

No funding for monitoring

Madang district administrator testifies

Bridge work progressing well