Inclusive growth and rural development

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Explore our publications relating to inclusive growth and rural development including financial inclusion, equitable digital access, and rural development to benefit marginalised populations. This includes financing sustainable agribusiness, the transformation of food systems to enhance sustainability and understanding the Australian and international trade and market systems related to agriculture.

For more information about our research in this area, visit the Inclusive Growth and Rural Development Hub.

Griffith University is aligned with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and committed to tackling global challenges around the following goals.

SDGs 1,2,5,10,12,13,14,15

Policy trade-offs at the nexus of rural development, nutrition and sustainability: The case of smallholder cattle production in Vietnam

DOMINIC SMITH  |  More than 2.3 million households—around 10 per cent of the Vietnamese population—rely on small-scale cattle raising as part of their overall… Read More

Labour schemes, remittances and the Pacific: Role for academia

SAKIUSA NABOU |      This article will highlight the context that can help change the conversation about the economic and social challenges of the Pacific… Read More

The Pacific Banking Forum: A proposed bigger “finance” agenda

PARMENDRA SHARMA AND LUKE FORAU  |  The inaugural Pacific Banking Forum (PBF) was convened in Brisbane on 8-9 July 2024, following an undertaking by… Read More

Harnessing technology for small business growth in the Pacific

JEFF LIEW  |   Small business owners like Rosa have embarked on their entrepreneurial journey with a dream of seeking financial stability and independence. But… Read More

Bridging the digital divide by enhancing effective digital finance usage among the poor: An RCT project | Part 2

MAYANK SHARMA AND SHAWN HUNTER |  Digital financial services (DFS) have the potential to be transformative for developing nations, especially among low- to middle-income individuals. Read More

Economic development and consumption patterns in Asian countries

SHASHIKA RATHNAYAKA, SAROJA SELVANATHAN AND SELVA SELVANATHAN  |  Over the last three decades, Asia has undergone a monumental economic transformation, evolving from… Read More

Resolving Papua New Guinea’s human capital deficit with more than just funding

SEAN JACOBS  | Part 3 of 3 In 2006, the World Bank published a report titled Where is the Wealth of Nations? Measuring Capital… Read More

A practical way to resolve Papua New Guinea’s electricity crisis

SEAN JACOBS  | Part 2 of 3 The IMF’s return to PNG is an opportunity to revisit the status of PNG’s State Owned Enterprises… Read More

Digital economies in the Pacific 

DOMINIC LEONG AND SHELDON CHANEL  | Recent development initiatives in the Pacific have focussed on building the conditions for digital economies to… Read More

Labour schemes, remittances, and the Pacific: An opportunity to utilise Papua New Guinea’s unemployed youth bulge

MARK OFOI  |    The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently reported a notable rise in Australia-New Zealand worker visa approvals from the Pacific between… Read More


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