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Pacific Debate: Urban Development to Support Economic Growth
Tuesday, 6 September 2011, 2:00 pm | Pacific Policy
Urbanisation has been a relatively ignored issue by governments around the Pacific, however statistics from the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) highlight the need to grapple with this issue now, not later. More >>
Youthquake: will Melanesian democracy be sunk by demography?
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 9:35 am | Pacific Policy
In its latest briefing paper, the Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) looks at the need for political reform to governing systems across Melanesia as its young population booms. More >>
Making migration work: lessons from New Zealand
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 1:27 pm | Pacific Policy
Ever since the 1980s, Australian academics and official reports have called for Pacific Islanders to be given better access to the Australian labour market. To its credit, the Rudd Government introduced the Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme in August 2008. The ... More >>
addressing the Pacific’s development challenges
Friday, 4 December 2009, 10:05 am | Pacific Policy
The sirens have sounded on climate change. Pacific islands are on the frontline and some are facing an existential threat to their very existence. The world will be watching what happens at the Copenhagen summit, but few are optimistic about the ... More >>