Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 25 November
Wednesday
25th November
2020
Budget passed in Papua New Guinea In a further twist to the political drama playing out in PNG, the…
Category Archive: Topic-Economies and development
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 11 November
Wednesday
11th November
2020
New President in Palau Palau has a new leader. The new President is Surangel Whipps. His opponent in…
Southeast Asia Snapshot #5
Thursday
22nd October
2020
South East Asia Snapshot with Dr Lucy West - Indonesia and Japan to strengthen security ties. Vietnam and Japan confirm…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 21 October
Wednesday
21st October
2020
New security centre to be located in Vanuatu The government of Australia has announced that its Fusion Centre will…
Weekly Pacific Bulletin | 7 October
Wednesday
7th October
2020
New Caledonia referendum on independence The people of New Caledonia have voted in a referendum on whether they should…
Budget 2020: we need a strict supply side focus to fix this government induced recession
Friday
2nd October
2020
This recession is not remotely related to any previous recession Australia has experienced says Tony Makin.
Battling COVID-19 amid dwindling government finances: An update from the Solomon Islands
Thursday
1st October
2020
JACK BOE | In April this year, scores of public servants, those considered nonessential, were briefly…
Why Asian nations should no longer play the World Bank’s Doing Business ranking game
Tuesday
22nd September
2020
YAN ISLAM | The Doing Business Report (henceforth DBR) is a celebrated flagship publication of the…
COVID-19 and Asia’s resilience: A workhorse of the global economy
Thursday
17th September
2020
Rapid and focused recovery from recurrent economic crises have proven the resilience of East Asian economies. Historically, the trade-oriented…
Keeping SMEs afloat during COVID-19: How are the PICs responding?
Wednesday
16th September
2020
As a vulnerable group, SMEs are particularly at risk of failure from the prolonged consequences of COVID-19. Dr Lan Nguyen…