The impact of COVID-19 and policy measures undertaken in Papua New Guinea
The unprecedented scale and magnitude of the COVID-19 damage across the globe has caused loss of human life and massive disruption to economic activity. The… Read More
Pillar 1: Governance and democracy
Adapting remittances to the new normal—the case of Fiji
Remittance flow is falling victim to COVID-19. Eserani Munivai suggests expanding connectivity may enhance financial and digital literacy to reduce costs and deepen access across previously excluded segments in Pacific societies. Read More
COVID-19 has disrupted data collection as well…
ANGELINE ROHOIA | Prior to COVID-19, gathering and compiling economic data was burdensome in the Solomon Islands. Coupled with the lack of political commitment to adequately resource national institutions responsible for collection and dissemination of economic data, the outbreak of COVID-19 and the scale down of the government’s workforce to skeleton staff and social distancing has further hampered the flow of economic data between data providers and data users. Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing
Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry share their weekly update on Covid-19 in the Pacific. Read More
Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji: Revised growth predictions 2019-2020
Statement by the Chairman of the Macroeconomic Committee and Governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Mr Ariff Ali. Read More
Credit unions, savings and loan societies: Challenges and opportunities in PICs
Mr Norman Vavaha (Central Bank of Solomon Islands) presents his observation of credit union movement in the Pacific Islands. Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing | 1 July
The Pacific Region has listed 382 cases of covid19, an increase of 22 since last week. Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry share their insights. Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing | 24 June
Here is the latest news about the Covid-19 outbreak across the Pacific, from Dan McGarry and Tess Newton Cain on Wednesday 24 June. Read More
Financial integration: An OZ-PICs-NZ proposal
PARMENDRA SHARMA and KOLOLAINI RANADI | Parmendra Sharma and Kalolaini Ranadi discuss the opportunities for greater financial integration between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific island countries. Their study provides opportunities for a strategic OZ-PICs-NZ partnership in the financial landscape. Read More
Coronavirus in the Pacific: weekly briefing | 18 June
A weekly update on coronavirus in the Pacific with Griffith Asia Institute's, Tess Newton Cain and Dan McGarry. Read More
