Browsing: Development & Policy

The 2026–27 Budget tabled in Fiji’s Parliament last month projects total government expenditure of $4.9 billion against revenues of $3.8…

Papua New Guinea is undertaking some of the most significant education reforms since its independence. The introduction of the new…

After a disastrous first couple of decades following independence in 1968, Nauru turned its economic fortunes around in the 2010s,…

This post summarises a research dissertation on the same topic. In May 2024, a landslide in Enga Province buried more…

Last week was a big week in the Pacific, with the race between order and disorder, between cooperation and competition,…

Much of Ron Duncan’s research was concerned with the Pacific and he lived in Fiji from 2003 to 2007 when…

The 2025–2026 cyclone season challenged Pacific communities and the communication systems they rely on in a crisis. Tropical Cyclone Urmil…

In January 2025, Fiji’s Minister for Health Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu declared a national HIV outbreak. New case notifications rose…

Earlier this year, Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape proposed that polygynous marriage in the country be outlawed by…

A decade ago, the Government of Tuvalu, with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), released the country’s first National…