Port Moresby, 08 August 2019 – Government is today hosting a forum as part of its efforts to prepare a climate action road map guided by Sustainable Development Goal 13, a Goal highlighting action to address climate change.
Port Moresby, 12 August 2019 – Two films emphasizing traditional resource management in Milne Bay and New Ireland Provinces premiered last week in Port Moresby.
Port Moresby, 20 June 2019– The communities of Pomio District, East New Britain are gaining momentum in their efforts to break into new global markets with their local cocoa products.
The Papua New Guinea’s Phones Against Corruption initiative driven by the finance department and supported by UNDP have received regional and global attention as one of most innovative approach to fight corruption.
Tamalis Akus, National Coordinator for Small Grant's Programme speaking on EMTV's Good Morning PNG. The Small Grant Programme (SGP) is funded by the Global Environment Facility.
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Many low-income working families in Papua New Guinea struggle to manage everyday cash flow. A lack of savings to buffer against financial woes, such as emergency medical bills, traditional obligations, such as burials and other unexpected life expenses can drive families to resort to these moneylenders. Over time borrowers find it hard to break out of the recurring cycle of pay-day lending, often referred to as a loan trap.
Arawa, Bougainville, 01st July 2019 – As part of an ongoing joint initiative between the National Government and the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) supported the Second Joint Referendum Awareness Roadshow from the 14th – 18th June in the Autonomous Regional of Bougainville (ARoB).
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In Papua New Guinea, a small island developing state with much of its population living along the coast or in remote mountainous areas, the impacts of climate change are increasingly apparent: as rainfall patterns shift and sea levels rise, communities are experiencing more severe droughts, floods, salinity and coastal erosion.
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When You Know that You will Face a Tsunami, it’s Better to Be Prepared
Out of breath and exhausted after running uphill for 300 meters from her school, Losavati Dugutara, a grade seven student, is confident that she now knows what to do when an earthquake triggers a tsunami in Papua New Guinea.
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In Papua New Guinea, UNDP works to improve the state’s ability to deliver public services to its people, and in doing so, plays a vital role in helping to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), raise the standard of living and protect human rights for all Papua New Guineans.
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About Papua New Guinea
60%
population of youth
12 %
wage employment rate
2 712
gross national income (GNI) per capita
153
out of 189 countries in the Human Development Index
