Papua New Guinea

PSDI is working with the Government of Papua New Guinea to help make PNG a safer, more productive, easier, and more inclusive place to do business.

PSDI is working with the Government of Papua New Guinea to:

• Increase the availability of private sector credit by supporting the use of the secured transactions framework established in 2015, and advising on the introduction of alternative capital-raising platforms;

• Promote entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment, particularly through providing ongoing assistance and advice to PNG’s Investment Promotion Authority;

• Improve the efficiency and transparency of state-owned enterprises, by enabling public-private partnership transactions, developing a Community Service Obligation Policy for SOEs, and including PNG in PSDI’s Finding Balance SOE benchmarking studies;

• Develop the technical and cross-cutting capacity of PNG’s Independent Consumer and Competition Commission;

• Improve the operation of capital markets; 

• Remove barriers to women’s participation in the formal economy and promoting women’s business leadership, including in SOEs; and

• Finalize a National Tourism Policy and supporting sustainable and evidence-based tourism sector development.

For detailed information on PSDI activities in Papua New Guinea, download the 2024 PSDI Country Overview for Papua New Guinea.