V happy to have a new @devpolicy paper out w/ @ryanbedwards and @terencewoodnz! People in Aus hold inaccurate views on migrants and prefer less immigration overall, but their immigration policy prefs can change if shown narratives about migration + housing, or quantitative info..
V happy to have a new @devpolicy paper out w/ @ryanbedwards and @terencewoodnz! People in Aus hold inaccurate views on migrants and prefer less immigration overall, but their immigration policy prefs can change if shown narratives about migration + housing, or quantitative info..
Really enjoyed briefing some of the PNG media today on PNG's budget documents and fiscal policy, in a session organised by @ABC media development initiative and @MLaveil!
Nice to see my latest @devpolicy blog published in The National yesterday! I make the economic case for why giving PNG's ICCC broad price-setting powers would be a bad move for both consumers and firms:
https://t.co/lMrutgQMrE
https://t.co/d9fa62XmWN
“Australia needs to be braver and make a permanent shift to its migration policy by establishing a specific permanent residency pathway for #PNG separate from the Pacific Engagement Visa,” say @natashaturia and @stephenrhowes.
@anudpa@anuasiapacific
https://t.co/ecgZS4eTGZ
This beautifully written observation of life, aid, & geopolitics in Port Moresby by @GordonPeake for @insidestorymag will teach you more than most dreary academic journal articles or hyperventilating Australian newspaper articles ever will: https://t.co/aklta6RLpF
🚨 New paper in the Journal of Development Econ.
Are migrants from poor countries relatively high or low productivity workers? What happens to migration as incomes rise?
@MariapiaMendola and I note: These are closely related questions with a counterintutive answer
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Hasn't drawn huge attention but Penny Wong gave a really interesting and uncharacteristically personal speech on Monday. Spoke about diversity in political leadership, and her own early experience in parliament when the "only other Asian faces" were cleaners and a librarian 1/
Powerful call from PM James Marape for PNG's sons to rise up and give greater respect for women in PNG, at the 2024 PNG Update today at UPNG @devpolicy@ANUCrawford
Only 2️⃣ days to go till 2024 PNG Update! ⏰Starts 9am PGT & AEST Wednesday.
Join us at the Waigani campus of University of Papua New Guinea.
https://t.co/cU0z3P48bN
Or follow the UPNG Facebook livestream.
https://t.co/1mFRfq4bkW
Looking forward to presenting my paper on ministers and PNG elections at the PNG Update on Wednesday, I'll be channelling the spirit of @terencewoodnz during the preso!
How did I miss this? @AlyssaLeng has a blog on @devpolicy on her ingenious paper looking at whether being a government minister affects re-election prospects in the clientelist polity of Papua New Guinea. Such a good paper.
https://t.co/sxqTqU7QZc
“If we face long delays getting birth certificates for our students, … imagine what it is like for the rural population and people in towns other than the capital,” says Andrew Anton Mako from @devpolicy.
https://t.co/Mt8IDEaS1w
The (shorter) blog version is out today as well at the link below. Big thanks to everyone who's given great comments and feedback on this paper over the last year or so - especially @kingtaumambon@MLaveil@terencewoodnz@BlaneDavidLewis@ryanbedwards :)
https://t.co/aRaSB7H7B1
Very very happy to have my first @devpolicy Discussion Paper published, on whether being a minister helps politicians get re-elected in PNG, using an event study difference-in-differences setup!
https://t.co/cHvm9KLPxu
An absolute pleasure to listen to @chellelyons' final PhD seminar today at @ANUCrawford - Chell's research on green banks and financing the net zero transition is insightful, useful and exciting. Super inspiring to see years of hard work come together and be presented so well!!
Great piece by @terencewoodnz and @GordonPeake on cocoa, Bougainville and aid! Lots of important parallels on the need to manage resource revenue in PNG more broadly too, whether the money comes from mines or agriculture
What's aid got to do with a cocoa boom that's leaving farmers flush in Bougainville? @GordonPeake & I explain it all today on @ConversationEDU: https://t.co/6YyF5jafc7