A regular and consistent reporting on statistical products of National Statistical Systems (NSS) has
proven to be essentially necessary among developing countries for guiding their implementation of
National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS). It assists establish data gaps, and
challenges and issues why necessary statistics are not being produced in a timely manner.
Moreover, it provides information on who and when th e statistics should be produced, for how
Papua New Guinea Strategy for the Development of Statistics 2018 - 2027
The third PNG Medium Term Development Plan (MTDP III) 2018-2022 is a five-year plan that drives the development agenda of the Government of Papua New Guinea to secure the future through inclusive sustainable economic growth. The Government will work towards achieving the MTDP III priorities by investing in key programs and projects to stimulate economic growth.
In urban areas, responsibility for providing piped water and sewerage services in the nation’s capital, Port Moresby, lies with Eda Ranu, and for the remaining provincial and district towns with Water PNG (formerly the PNG Water Board). Service provision to these areas are estimated to be 89% access to safe water (little change from 87% in 1990), and 57% access to safe sanitation (down from 89% in 1990)1. Access to services in urban areas struggle to keep up in the face of rapid urban population expansion.
The ILO Office for Pacific Island Countries works with the nine ILO member states in the region- Fiji, Kribati, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu- and also provides technical support to the other Pacific Island Countries.
The Medium Term Development Plan III (MTDP III) captures the main thrust of the Alotau Accord II and sets the Goal of “Securing our future through inclusive sustainable economic growth” by focusing on key investments to further stimulate the economic growth in the medium term. The key priorities of the Alotau Accord II are (1) inclusive Economic Growth with renewed focus in Agriculture, (2) continuing with Infrastructure development, (3) improvement of quality of Health Care, (4) improvement of quality of Education and Skills Development, and (5) improvement of Law and Order.
The PNGDSP embodies the principles of the Constitution of PNG and reinforces the fundamental directives required to advance PNG into a middle-income country by 2030.
Health Policy
The result of the 2017 survey of businesses in PNG
Papua New Guinea’s is now in its 15th successive year of positive economic growth, with rates rising progressively until 2011, but declining since then, apart from the leap in 2014/15 associated with the commencement of production from PNGLNG.
POLICY PROPOSALS FOR OPEN AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT
IMPACT OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE ON AGRICULTURE EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
State of PNG Economy
PNG Needs Right To Information (RTI) Law to Address Public-Sector Corruption
GESI policy 2013
Vision 2050 is underpinned by seven Strategic Focus Areas, which are referred to as pillars:
- Human Capital Development, Gender, Youth and People Empowerment
- Wealth Creation
- Institutional Development and Service Delivery
- Security and International Relations
- Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change
- Spiritual, Cultural and Community Development; and
- Strategic Planning, Integration and Control
vPapua New Guinea has ratified all eight core ILO labour Conventions. In view of restrictions on the trade union rights of workers, discrimination, child labour, and forced labour, determined measures are needed to comply with the commitments Papua New Guinea accepted at Singapore, Geneva and Doha in the WTO Ministerial
Declarations over 1996-2001, and in the ILO’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its 2008 Social Justice Declaration.