The recent Four Corners documentary feature on East Timor’s efforts to recoup petroleum taxes and a leak from Papua New Guinea Mine Watch on how mining companies are avoiding tax in PNG demonstrate that for Melanesia the amounts international companies are not paying in tax might eclipse even the aid money they receive. Major countries, it appears, will not necessarily act in the interests of the Pacific if one of their own is avoiding tax. Ben Sims explains….
This week on Pacific Politics: PiPPtalks - MSG Secretariat Director General Peter Forau discusses the organisation's identity and purpose; Dan McGarry looks at the West Papuan independence movement's long road to freedom; a photo essay on the MSG's Eminent Persons Group and much more....
PiPP is pleased to present its latest tool in understanding the state of mobile phone and internet use in Vanuatu. This infographic encapsulates the key findings from our 2011 study of social and economic effects of telecoms in Vanuatu. Please contact us for a printed copy or click here for the downloadable graphic.
