Governance Challenges for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands is a collection of conference papers presented at the 'Foreign Policy, Governance and Development: Challenges for Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands' which was hosted at the Divine Word University in association with the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Project, Australia National University, on March 22nd and 23rd 2004. A very resourceful book it draws on the perspectives and experiences of senior people from the Government, Diplomatic core and Civil society of Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands development.