OVERALL PROGRESS Context Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of approximately nine million, with more than 800 languages spoken among more than 1,000 ethnic clans. A large proportion of the...
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Papua New Guinea: Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction
Overview Papua New Guinea (PNG) is ranked as the 9th with the highest disaster risk rating globally as of 2021. The country is prone to many natural disasters including cyclones, drought,...
Papua New Guinea: Medium Term Development Plan IV | 2023 - 2027 | National Prosperity Through Growing the Economy
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Medium-Term Development Plan IV 2023-2027 (MTDP IV) is themed as “National Prosperity through Growing the Economy”. The theme captures the Government’s intent to deliberately...
Papua New Guinea IFRC Operational Annual Report (1 July 2022 - 31 December 2022) - Appeal number: MAAPG003
CORE QUESTIONS Overall Performance: Context Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a diversity of geographic and natural resources. PNG is the largest Pacific Island state and situated in the southwestern...
Papua New Guinea 2023 IFRC network country plan (MAAPG003)
Excerpt NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE Established by an Act of Parliament in 1976, the Papua New Guinea Red Cross Society acts as an official auxiliary to the Papua New Guinea Government on delivering...
Disaster Management Reference Handbook - Papua New Guinea (June 2022)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest Pacific Island country in Oceania. The country of 9.3 million people (2022 est.) is made up of the eastern half of the island of New Guinea,...
Climate Risk Country Profile - Papua New Guinea
KEY MESSAGES • Projections suggest warming in Papua New Guinea (PNG) could be similar to, or very slightly below, the global average. Warming of around 3.6°C is projected by the 2090s, compared to...
Annual Progress Report 2019 for the United Nations in Papua New Guinea
Development Trends The Papua New Guinea economy grew by 4 per cent in 2019 driven by commodity exports, agriculture and logging. Government expenditure prioritized free primary healthcare,...
Papua New Guinea: Disaster Management Reference Handbook: February 2019
Executive Summary The Independent State of Papua New Guinea, conventionally known as Papua New Guinea (PNG) is located in the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’ making it prone to many natural disasters...
Papua New Guinea: El Niño Early Action Plan (2017)
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS ENSO forecast from global centers indicate a 50% chance of El Niño conditions developing during the second half of 2017. There are chances for the current persisting neutral...
Papua New Guinea drought: A desperate need for food in drought-ravaged Western Province
Amid reports of drought-related deaths in PNG's Western Province, the country's Government admits some remote areas have received no relief since the start of the El Nino-driven disaster in the...
Rural poverty in remote Papua New Guinea: Case study of Obura-Wonenara District
CARE releases report about poverty in remote PNG 11/10/2011 CARE Australia has today released a unique but bleak report, Rural Poverty in Remote Papua New Guinea, which provides a detailed...
United Nations Country Programme Papua New Guinea (2008 - 2012)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Partnership Agreement is the result of an extensive Government led formulation process that used the Medium Term Development Strategy as its cornerstone and constitutes a...