2021

Revisiting green bond market development in Viet Nam

TAPAN SARKER | Green bonds (GBs) are being used around the world as a financial tool for raising capital for projects that… Read More

Coping with COVID-19: The perilous case of vaccine inequality

YAN ISLAM | The Lancet Commission has urged the global community that rapid vaccination on a global scale is essential in tempering and, finally,… Read More

The upward spiral of violence in Myanmar

ANDREW SELTH  |   The clashes in Myanmar’s streets between largely peaceful protesters and armed members of the security forces over recent weeks evoke memories… Read More

Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 24 March

PNG COVID-19 situation worsens The COVID-19 situation in PNG continues to worsen. The number of confirmed cases now exceeds 3,000 and the number of… Read More

Australia has more to lose in a human rights ‘face off’ with China

COLIN MACKERRAS | China is stepping up human rights accusations against Australia following numerous condemnations Australia has made on the same grounds. Before… Read More

How are Pacific businesses really doing?

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |    For the first of our Pacific Outlook webinars of 2021, the Pacific Hub partnered with Pacific Trade Invest (PTI)… Read More

The Quad gives a boost to India’s vaccine diplomacy

The most notable takeaway from the first-ever “Quad” leaders meeting involving the US, India, Japan and Australia at the weekend was the agreement on expanding… Read More

Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 17 March

The Grand Chief makes his final journey home The body of Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare has been transferred to his home province of East… Read More

Papua New Guineans farewell the Grand Chief in Brisbane

TESS NEWTON CAIN  |    In the heart of Brisbane, the PNG community came together to mark the passing of the Grand Chief,… Read More

Myanmar’s personalised politics

ANDREW SELTH  | Anyone looking at photographs and film footage of events in Myanmar could be forgiven for thinking that the violent confrontation… Read More