As the pandemic ravages global economies, how are things going in the PICs?
The effects of COVID-19 on global economies is described very well in just one word—one which now has become synonymous with the pandemic—“unprecedented”! In the… Read More
Topic-Economies and development
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 9 September
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Solomon Islands political tensions In Solomon Islands, tensions between the provincial government of Malaita and the national government continue… Read More
India in the wake of a pandemic-driven recession: Massive loss, modest response?
YAN ISLAM | India’s national statistical agency announced on August 31 that quarterly (April to June, 2020) GDP declined by a massive 23.9… Read More
Responding to the economic fall-out of COVID-19 in Pacific island countries
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating havoc in Pacific island countries (PICs). Within eight months, countries in the region have seen their economies nose-dive to negative… Read More
China’s footprint in the Pacific
Sheldon Chanel shares commentary on the recent "China In the Pacific" webinar as China’s footprint in the Pacific is expected to grow despite the impact of COVID-19. Read More
Cash-“less”, cash-“more” or…? How the pandemic is affecting trends in the PICs
In recent times, there has been a global “push” or trend otherwise, led largely by the new generation to go more and more cash “less”… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 26 August
TESS NEWTON CAIN | COVID-19 vaccine concerns in Papua New Guinea The race to find a vaccine for COVID-19 and the attendant geopolitical… Read More
Envisioning a Pacific labour market
JAMES COX | COVID-19 has demonstrated the central part that connection plays in our lives. We have experienced what can be achieved when people… Read More
Will Indonesia succumb to a secular growth slow-down? If so, does it matter?
YAN ISLAM | In an iconoclastic paper, Lant Pritchett and Larry Summers (2015), question the standard view that emerging economies in the Asian… Read More
Pacific Finance and Economic Ministers meet online
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Earlier this month the Finance and Economic Ministers of the Pacific Islands Forum member countries met in an online… Read More
