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Ahmed Akhter

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Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2025

2025International Food Policy Research Institute; Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu
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Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2025

Download time series food price data, and build graphs and tables for over 20 different food crops at our food price database webpage: https://www.ifpri.org/project/fresh-food-price-analysis-papua-new-guinea Compared to Q4 2024, average prices of staples across the PNG markets decreased by 15 percent from January to March 2025 The price of a 1-kilogram bag of imported rice remained relatively stable between January and February 2025. Compared to Q4 2024, the average 1-kg bag of rice price increased by 6 percent in the first quarter of 2025. Compared to Q4 2024, Q1 2025 price trends of fresh vegetables were mixed across commodities. In Port Moresby, prices of English cabbage, carrot and choko-tips were 12 percent lower, while aibika and capsicum were 24 percent higher than January and February 2024. Compared to Q4 2024, prices of lemon, orange, pawpaw and pineapple in Goroka and Kokopo decreased on average by 15 percent in Q1 2025.

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2025

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International Food Policy Research Institute; Hayoge, Glen; Kedir Jemal, Mekamu

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2025. Papua New Guinea food price bulletin: April 2025. Papua New Guinea Food Price Bulletin April 2025. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174555

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Papua New Guinea

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Melanesia; Legumes; Markets; Food Prices; Staple Foods; Rice; Fruits

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English

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Open Access

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Papua New Guinea: Systematic analysis of world market and domestic production shocks

2025Mukashov, Askar; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Jones, Eleanor; Thurlow, James
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Papua New Guinea: Systematic analysis of world market and domestic production shocks

This study is part of a series of country briefs by IFPRI that leverages economywide models to deliver detailed risk assessments of key economic indicators. This initial analysis evaluates vulnerabilities across economic sectors and key population groups to answer two questions: (1) How vulnerable are national economy and population of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to world market and domestic production shocks? (2) What are the largest risks to PNG’s overall economic performance, private consumption, and reductions in poverty and undernourishment?

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2025

Authors

Mukashov, Askar; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Jones, Eleanor; Thurlow, James

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Mukashov, Askar; Dorosh, Paul A.; Schmidt, Emily; Jones, Eleanor; and Thurlow, James. 2025. Papua New Guinea: Systematic analysis of world market and domestic production shocks. Economywide Risk Assessment Country Brief 10. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/174236

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Papua New Guinea

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Oceania; Domestic Production; Shock; World Markets

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey, 2023

2025International Food Policy Research Institute
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Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey, 2023

The Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey (2023) collected detailed household-level data on agricultural production, food and non-food consumption and expenditure, and livelihood strategies across 14 provinces, covering communities in the highlands, lowlands, and islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The survey was designed using a purposive sampling strategy based on defined agro-ecological zones, which allows for the analysis of key factors influencing rural households and communities. It is important to note that the survey is not nationally representative; however, given the careful random selection of survey areas, we expect that generalizable relationships between variables affecting socio-economic and other development outcomes in rural PNG communities will be consistently observed across representative samples and in this survey. These factors include those that contribute to more resilient local food systems, diversified employment opportunities, and improved household wellbeing. The survey encompasses 2,699 households in 270 communities, spanning five agroecological zones. It features detailed modules on a wide range of topics relevant to rural livelihoods, agricultural production, and household wellbeing.

Year published

2025

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International Food Policy Research Institute

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International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2025.Papua New Guinea Household Survey on Food Systems, 2023. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BYZMZ6. Harvard Dataverse.Version 1.

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Papua New Guinea

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South-eastern Asia; Oceania; Asia; Rural Areas; Household Expenditure; Food Systems; Anthropometry; Crop Production; Off Farm Employment; Gender; Sex-disaggregated Data; Nutrition; Health

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/byzmz6 Source record

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Rethinking Food Markets

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Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey, 2023

2025International Food Policy Research Institute
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Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey, 2023

The Papua New Guinea Rural Household Survey (2023) collected detailed household-level data on agricultural production, food and non-food consumption and expenditure, and livelihood strategies across 14 provinces, covering communities in the highlands, lowlands, and islands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The survey was designed using a purposive sampling strategy based on defined agro-ecological zones, which allows for the analysis of key factors influencing rural households and communities. It is important to note that the survey is not nationally representative; however, given the careful random selection of survey areas, we expect that generalizable relationships between variables affecting socio-economic and other development outcomes in rural PNG communities will be consistently observed across representative samples and in this survey. These factors include those that contribute to more resilient local food systems, diversified employment opportunities, and improved household wellbeing. The survey encompasses 2,699 households in 270 communities, spanning five agroecological zones. It features detailed modules on a wide range of topics relevant to rural livelihoods, agricultural production, and household wellbeing.

Year published

2025

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2025.Papua New Guinea Household Survey on Food Systems, 2023. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/BYZMZ6. Harvard Dataverse.Version 1.

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Papua New Guinea

Keywords

South-eastern Asia; Oceania; Asia; Rural Areas; Household Expenditure; Food Systems; Anthropometry; Crop Production; Off Farm Employment; Gender; Sex-disaggregated Data; Nutrition; Health

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/byzmz6 Source record

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Rethinking Food Markets

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2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Papua New Guinea

2022International Food Policy Research Institute
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2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Papua New Guinea

The Nexus Project is a collaboration between IFPRI and its partners, including national statistical agencies and research institutions. Our aim is to improve the quality of social accounting matrices (SAMs) used for computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling. The Nexus Project develops toolkits and establishes common data standards, procedures, and classification systems for constructing and updating national SAMs. The 2019 Papua New Guinea SAM follows the Standard Nexus Structure. The open access version of the Papua New Guinea SAM separates domestic production into 42 activities. Factors are disaggregated into labor, agricultural land, and capital. Labor is further disaggregated across three education categories. Representative households are disaggregated by rural and urban areas and by per capita expenditure quintile. The remaining accounts include enterprises, government, taxes, savings-and-investment, and the rest of the word.

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2022

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International Food Policy Research Institute

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International Food Policy Research Institute. 2022. 2019 Social Accounting Matrix for Papua New Guinea. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CBFYWF. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Papua New Guinea

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Oceania; Melanesia; National Accounting; Taxes; Household Expenditure; Labour; Social Accounting Matrix; Economic Indicators; Sex-disaggregated Data; Household Consumption

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/cbfywf Source record

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Policies, Institutions, and Markets

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Replication Data for “Perceptions of Relative Deprivation and Women’s Empowerment”

2020International Food Policy Research Institute
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Replication Data for “Perceptions of Relative Deprivation and Women’s Empowerment”

These files comprise dataset and do-files for reproducing results presented in the article, “Perceptions of Relative Deprivation and Women’s Empowerment” (Kosec, Mo, Schmidt, and Song, 2021). The dataset “Data_PNG_all_tables” is constructed from the Papua New Guinea Household Survey on Food Systems, 2018. A detailed description of each variable in this dataset is included in section 4 of the article. The sampling procedure employed and the raw data are described in the publication “Papua New Guinea Survey Report: Rural Household Survey on Food Systems” (Schmidt et al., 2019).

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2020

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

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International Food Policy Research Institute. 2020. Replication Data for: Perceptions of Relative Deprivation and Women’s Empowerment. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/YKPSFU. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Papua New Guinea

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Oceania; Melanesia; Gender; Women’s Empowerment; Labour; Decision Making; Poverty; Women

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/ykpsfu Source record

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