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Australian Institute of International Affairs - Western Australia

Development in Papua New Guinea and Melanesia

Tue, 19 Sep 2017
18:00 - 20:00

Globalisation presents many challenges in Papua New Guinea (PNG) where 85% of the population is rural or remote as well as culture bound and illiterate.

Although PNG is resource rich, public services are not reaching the people who need them. Effective and transparent service delivery comes from non government organisations and from states with which PNG has bilateral relations.  As much as this is appreciated by the people who receive it, it does not empower them to hold their governments accountable or to reduce their dependence on foreign aid.

In this presentation, Emma Tunne Wakpi will make the case that the method of delivery of aid programs needs to be improved to ensure good governance, local ownership, and sustainability, and that clear exit strategies need to be in place.  She will draw on her experience of Australian aid delivery in PNG at a grass roots level, with reference to other countries in Melanesia and the objectives of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

 

About the speaker

With a focus on rural and remote development and health services, Emma Tunne Wakpi has had fifteen years of experience working in Non Government Development Organisations.  She is currently in the final semester of a Master of Arts in Health Administration, Policy, and Leadership at the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs.

 

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PO Box 1326, South Perth, Western Australia, 6951, Australia

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