Papua New Guinea National Research Institute

In 1961 the New Guinea Research Unit (NGRU) was established in Port Moresby as part of the Australian National University. When PNG gained independence in 1975, the NGRU became the Institute for Applied Social and Economic Research (IASER), established by legislative act. IASER began functioning formally on 1 January 1976, expanding its scope to publish monographs, discussion papers and bibliographies. In 1993 the name of the institute changed to be the National Research Institute. ==References==