National Research Institute

NRI report calls for labour mobility increase from PIC’s

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A new report by the National Research Institute (NRI) says there is room to increase labour mobility from Pacific Island Countries (PIC’s) to PNG.

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The revelation is reported following an interview between Development Policy Centre’s Grant Walton, and Peter Michael Magury, a statistical manager with the NDoH, and who is currently working with the National Research Institute.

The report in devpolicy.org highlights that one of the key challenges faced by Magury and his colleagues in implementing the TFF policy was a short timeframe following its announcement in August 2011 and the roll-out the following year.

This is one of the recommendations highlighted in a new report launched by the National Research Institute titled, “Why are internet rates high in Papua New Guinea.”

Researched and compiled by Deloitte Touch Tohmatsu, the study highlights five factors contributing to the high cost of internet rates which are:

The cadet scheme is designed to attract and mentor young graduates with first and honors degrees to become public policy researchers.

The cadets, Lewis Iwong, Maureen Thomas, Sarah Kaut-Nasengom and Lulu Abraham, were selected on merit, taking into account their academic performance at University. The cadetship provides these young graduates an exceptional opportunity to be trained and mentored by the highly experienced and qualified researchers at PNG’s leading think-thank.

“Government needs to be goal focused (in delivering basic services like health, education and infrastructure) because I don’t think they are,”  he says.

Dr Webster, who spent 11 years as a researcher at the country’s think tank institute, said the government must look at delivering basic needs of primary health care, good basic education and good roads and bridges.

“The country’s literacy is at 50 percent compared to the rest of the Pacific which stands above 80 percent and the health standard is very poor.”

The report is the first of a series of basic education profiles that from this point will be produced biannually to show and compare the performances of provinces and districts.

NRI director, Dr Charles Yala, said the information although from eight years ago is still relevant as it will provide essential data to help provinces and districts to make the required improvements.