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Upcoming events
Interhousehold transfers in urban PNG: a study from the 1980s
1.30–2.30pm 31 March 2023
Dr Louise Morauta
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. Although initial findings from the study were issued at the time, the full data and analysis has only recently been published.
The surveys record higher levels of transfers than other urban studies in the period 1975 to 1996. Transfers had the effect of reducing differences in consumption between households, particularly differences in food consumption, and were most important for the welfare of the poorest households.
Despite the system of transfers, many households in the four study areas received less than 100 per cent of their nutritional requirements in relation to both calories and protein.
Speaker
Dr Louise Morauta was a senior research fellow at the PNG Institute of Applied Social and Economic Research at the time of this research. She taught anthropology and sociology at the University of Papua New Guinea, and worked in the Australian Public Service from 1987 to 2009.
The ANU-UPNG seminar series is part of the partnership between the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and the UPNG School of Business and Public Policy, supported by the PNG-Aus Partnership.
This seminar is free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend the seminar. You can attend at the Brindabella Theatre (Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU), at the MBA Suite (SBPP building, UPNG), or online via Zoom.
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Change in PNG’s fresh food marketplaces over the past 60 years
12.30–1.30pm 28 April 2023
Dr Timothy Sharp, Dr Mark Busse and Dr Mike Bourke OL
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. Market chains have also grown in complexity. In this seminar, based on our recently published paper in Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, we bring together research on marketplaces from 1961 to 2022, based on our own field studies and an extensive review of the literature. We summarise the changes, examine their causes, and explore their development implications.
Speakers:
Dr Timothy Sharp is a geographer in the Pacific Livelihoods Research Group at Curtin University, Perth. Tim’s research examines fresh food marketplaces, export cash crops, trade intermediaries, informality, and livelihood strategies in Papua New Guinea.
Dr Mark Busse is an economic anthropologist and a senior lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Auckland. He has done research in Papua New Guinea since 1982, including in fresh food markets in Western Province and Goroka.
Dr Mike Bourke OL is an agricultural scientist and geographer, and an honorary associate professor at The Australian National University. He has been continuously engaged in research, development and training in agriculture, including marketed fresh food, in PNG since 1970.
The ANU-UPNG seminar series is part of the partnership between the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy and the UPNG School of Business and Public Policy, supported by the PNG-Aus Partnership.
This seminar is free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend the seminar. You can attend at the Seminar Room 9 (Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU), at the MBA Suite (SBPP building, UPNG), or online via Zoom.
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2023 PNG Update: resilient and diverse development
9am 17 August – 5pm 18 August 2023
Various speakers
Organised by the University of Papua New Guinea’s School of Business and Public Policy and the Australian National University’s Development Policy Centre, the annual PNG Update is the premier forum for the discussion of research and analysis relating to contemporary economic and public policy issues in PNG.
The 2023 PNG Update will be held at the University of Papua New Guinea Waigani campus on 17–18 August.
Other key dates
- Call for papers open: 6 April
- Submission deadline: 2 June
- Acceptance notification: 28 June
Further information about the conference will be posted on the conference page soon.
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