PNG NRI's Bougainville Post-Referendum Research Project

Former Chief Secretary of the ABG Joseph Nobetau writes on how the Bougainville Parliament prevented the politicisation of the public service and what that means for .

Bougainville parliament prevents public service politicisation - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre The defeat of proposed constitutional amendments shows that many MPs put due process and good governance ahead of politics, says Joseph Nobetau.

Today's Front Page on the Post Courier: Bougainville's share value doubles overnight after landowner signing.

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The ABG passed a budget of more than K500 million for 2022. President Toroama says that this budget will focus on creating economic growth and promoting investment opportunities on . Stories from The National (16 Dec 2021).

In 2020, raised K500,000 in Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue. As the graph below shows, this accounted for 2% of internal revenues for the ABG. However Bougainville has the potential to raise around K100 million in VAT revenues. Download the attached commentary to read how this can be achieved in the short term.

Download Commentary here:https://pngnri.org/images/BRRP_commentary.pdf

Catch our latest Commentary in today's (13 Dec 2021) Post Courier.

The key takeaways from the article is that Bougainville currently is heavily dependent on grants from the national government to fund its budget. However there is much potential to increase its own internal revenues. In the short term, Bougainville can look at increasing its VAT collections. This article explores that option.

has received the highest budget allocation of K430 million from the National Government under the 2022 National Budget released yesterday.

Story from the Post-Courier today (26 November 2021).

A reader highlighted in today's edition of National newspaper the need for the creation of opportunities for young Bougainvilleans to earn an income. He mentions in particular the Pacific Labour Scheme and quotes a recommendation made in PNG NRI's research report "Increasing Revenues for the Bougainville Government". The report offers further insights on how can tap into this scheme and make it workable for young Bougainvilleans. You can download a free copy of this report at:https://pngnri.org/images/Publications/Research_Report_09_Increasing_Revenues_for_the_Bougainville_Government2.pdf or listen to the authors here at https://youtu.be/y6SFeQoir34

Our team is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of the Late Joseph Watawi. We would like to extend our sincere condolences to his family and to the people of Bougainville.

In 2014, the industry in brought in an estimated K68 million in revenue. This brief paper (link below) offers some ideas on how a portion of revenues such as this can be captured to help Bougainville achieve its goal of economic independence. The article draws from the a research report by Professor Satish Chand (link below).

Spotlight article link:https://pngnri.org/images/Publications/SL128.pdf

Research Report link:https://pngnri.org/images/Publications/Financing-for-fiscal-autonomy--Fiscal-Self-reliance-in-Bougainville-.pdf

Prime Minister James Marape has reaffirmed the Government’s ongoing activities to support the Bougainville Post-Referendum Consultation process and continued work to accelerate the drawdown of powers to the Autonomous Bougainville Government.

PM Reaffirms Commitment To ABG | Loop PNG