Maholopa Laveil
FDC Pacific Fellow, Pacific Islands Program
Biography
Publications
News and media
Maholopa (Maho) Laveil was the inaugural FDC Pacific Fellow at the Lowy Institute. He worked in the Institute’s Pacific Islands Program as part of a one year secondment from the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG).
His research interests include fiscal and monetary policy in Papua New Guinea (PNG), election and parliamentary politics, tariff policy, PNG economic history, and development. Maho teaches undergraduate economics at UPNG. He holds a Master's in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University (ANU) and an undergraduate degree from UPNG.
The FDC Pacific Fellow is supported by a grant from the Foundation for Development Cooperation.
Beyond the try line: What PNG’s NRL team means for development
The plan is to spend big – but is this the right field?
Commentary
Bougainville's future weighs on PNG's political stability
Originally published on The Economist Intelligence Unit
Commentary
SOE debts weighing on PNG's sovereign risk profile
Originally published in the The Economist Intelligence Unit
Loans, not grants, already proving costly for PNG
The latest Pacific Aid Map shows the PNG debt burden is growing and risks loom on the horizon.
Journal Articles
Troubles and Puzzles: The 2022 General Elections in Papua New Guinea
Originally published in The Journal of Pacific History
The Fix: We still really don’t know PNG
Your weekly Interpreter feature about issues, resources or helpful distractions that might otherwise be missed.
Commentary
PNG’s fuel crisis to further calls for exchange-rate reform
Originally published in The Economist Intelligence Unit
Can PNG afford more debt?
Betting on the potential of future resource wealth has proved a risky strategy. History holds valuable economic lessons.
ABC News
15 June 2023
CNN.com
22 May 2023
The Sydney Morning Herald
02 May 2023
Statecraft
20 January 2023
