Overview: This report to the Mitchell Institute presents the outcomes of modelling the potential costs of an income contingent loan (ICL) that would form a core element of a tertiary education entitlement, as proposed in the February 2015 Mitchell Institute paper Financing tertiary education in Australia – the reform imperative and rethinking student entitlements by...

In Australia, deaths as a result of dementia have now taken over cerebrovascular disease as the second leading cause of death. At present, over a quarter million Australians suffer from dementia and projected estimates indicate that the figure can reach a high of nearly one million by 2050. Diet and physical activity have been shown...

Since the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997, the prevalence and transparency of state ownership – both domestic and foreign -- has exhibited considerable variance across the region. To explain this puzzle, I argue that a tight focus on two dimensions of politics yields a remarkable degree of analytic purchase: centralization of political control and a...

Discusses a range of factors that Solomon Islands villagers face when deciding whether or not to allow access to minerals buried in land over which they hold customary tenure. Introduction Now that Solomon Islands' timber resources are depleted there is a renewed focus on exploiting the nation's mineral resources. With the country's only mine, at...

While deeper financial integration is often considered conducive to the efficient allocation of resources and risk sharing, an increasingly important policy concern is whether it brings greater vulnerability to shocks. To address the latter concern, this paper uses a different approach to measuring financial integration, highlighting interconnectedness in a network of financial flows. Applying an...