Baseline Data

Perceptions of resource governance and development impacts in Papua New Guinea

About the Baseline Assessment

The Baseline Assessment of Resource Governance and Development Impacts (“the Baseline”) was carried out as part of the Australia–PNG Economic Partnership (APEP) Sustainable Governance of Natural Resource Wealth Pillar.

The purpose of the assessment was to understand how landowners and communities experience resource governance and development impacts in four of Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) extractives provinces: Morobe, New Ireland, Gulf and Western Province.

The aim of the Baseline was to understand the experience of resource governance and development impacts in PNG’s extractive provinces, including the priorities of local stakeholders for resource governance.

For the extractive sector, empirical data collected through the Baseline can support policy and practice reforms that lead to more sustainable and inclusive development impacts. The data also allows the sector to compare the “current state” with “future states” to determine the impacts of upcoming projects, initiatives and policies.

Related resources

Findings from the Baseline are published in the Perceptions of Resource Governance and Development Impacts in Papua New Guinea report (2024).
A series of short impact documentaries were produced to accompany the report. These documentaries capture rich qualitative data on resource governance and development impacts.
The Baseline data is available to view in the Baseline Dashboard below.
Emergent Findings reports, which provide preliminary high-level findings and a fieldwork summary for baseline activities carried out in each of the Baseline provinces, Gulf, Morobe, New Ireland and Western, are available in the Resource Library.
The Demonstration Project for the Papua New Guinea–Australia Joint Research Partnership Towards Safe and Sustainable Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) report is available in the Resource Library. This report presents the findings of a technical demonstration project that was conducted as part of the Demonstration Project for the Papua New Guinea-Australia Joint Research Partnership towards safe and sustainable Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Wau-Bulolo, Morobe Province, PNG.

Impact Documentaries

Perceptions of Resource Governance and Development Impacts in PNG

Sustainable Resource Governance in PNG:The Baseline Story

GEDSI Perspectives on Resource Governance in PNG

Sustainable Governance of Natural Resource Wealth

Gold without Mercury in remote Papua New Guinea

Baseline Dashboard

This dashboard visualises the findings of the Baseline Assessment of Resource Governance and Development Impacts (the Baseline). The Baseline was conducted in 2024, involving data collection on resource governance in New Ireland, Morobe, Gulf and Western Province.

Partners

The Baseline was funded by the Australian Government through the Australia-PNG Economic Partnership (APEP), and carried out as a partnership between Abt Global, Square Circle Global Development and Tanorama Limited.

APEP

APEP is a multi-sectoral partnership between the governments of Australia and PNG to help PNG create a resilient and diversified economy. Managed by Abt Global, APEP is guided by the bilateral priorities outlined in the 2020 PNG Australia Comprehensive Strategic and Economic Partnership (CSEP). The partnership is being carried out through five strategic pillars, including Pillar 4b: Sustainable Governance of Natural Resource Wealth.

Sustainable Governance of Natural Resource Wealth Pillar

APEP’s Sustainable Governance of Natural Resource Wealth Pillar supports multistakeholder partnerships to strengthen resource governance, sustainable and inclusive development outcomes, and the investment climate in PNG’s resource sector.