Monetary policy statement by the Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea
Mr Loi M Bakani CMG, Governor of the Bank of Papua New Guinea The spread of Coronavirus, Covid-19, and its adverse impact through the disruption… Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Rights groups call for an investigation into Fiji prisons service NGOs focused on the protection of human rights have… Read More
To bubble or not to bubble – there are Pacific questions
TESS NEWTON CAIN | It should not come as a surprise to learn that there have been mixed responses from Pacific leaders… Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Griffith Asia Institute's Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry share a weekly update on Covid19 in the Pacific. Read More
COVID-19 and the PICs: Where to from here?
PARMENDRA SHARMA | Economies around the world—small, large, developing, developed, emerging—all sizes and types—are now at some point in the post-COVID-19 economic recovery… Read More
Weekly Pacific Bulletin
TESS NEWTON CAIN | Tensions in Port Moresby Tensions in Port Moresby rose after a senior police officer was killed by off… Read More
Time to get serious about support for the Pacific’s least developed countries
Until early this year the Pacific islands were a rare ray of sunshine for the international development system. The region’s four least developed countries (LDCs)… Read More
The great ‘Global Coronavirus Crisis’ and the PICs
The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the globe very hard, especially given the economies were still recovering from the recent shocks of Global Financial Crisis (GFC)… Read More
COVID-19 delivers a body blow to Pacific tourism
The Pacific’s $4.2 billion tourism industry has been brought to its knees by COVID-19, with no certain signs of a proper recovery for at least two years. Tourism receipts from air travel alone totalled US$4.2 billion in 2019, an increase from US$4 billion in 2018. The economic fallout from the decline is expected to be severe in a region prone to natural disasters, and high levels of poverty and unemployment. Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Tess Newton Cain (Griffith Asia Institute) and Dan McGarry share this weeks update of covid19 in the Pacific. Read More
