Pacific Island economies

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Report

The state of the climate in the Pacific 2020

This report explores how climate change has impacted Pacific Island Countries; who is responsible; and what is needed to ensure that the people of the Pacific emerge stronger from the climate crisis.
Report

A pressure release valve? Migration and climate change in Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu

This report examines migration opportunities, projects future migration numbers from three Pacific microstates, and reports on fiscal and economic impacts and the likely impact of a hypothetical one-off environmental disaster on migration options.
Report

Working collectively to build a strong Blue Pacific

CROP agencies have been working collectively to deliver on Forum Leaders’ decisions and commitments, in support of the vision and objectives of the Framework for Pacific Regionalism. Overarching this collective approach has been the Blue Pacific narrative which has been used in policy papers, communications...
Evaluation

Evaluation of New Zealand’s Country Programme in PNG: Part I - introduction and strategic assessment

This evaluation is one of a suite of strategic country programme evaluations that aim to provide a big picture view of achievement across the spectrum of New Zealand engagements in PNG.
Evaluation

Evaluation of New Zealand’s Country Programme in PNG: Part III - linking farmers to markets

This report analyses and makes recommendations on issues of agriculture, market development and gobal markets in the context of New Zealand's engagement in PNG.
Evaluation

Evaluation of New Zealand’s Country Programme in PNG: Part II - development context

This report analyses and makes recommendations on issues of gender equity and economic capacity in the context of New Zealand's engagement in PNG.
Evaluation

Evaluation of New Zealand’s Country Programme in PNG: Part IV - renewable energy

This report analyses and makes recommendations on issues of renewable energy in the context of New Zealand's engagement in PNG.
Working paper

Friend or foe: Australia, climate change and the Pacific

Shifts in global power and growing geostrategic competition in the Pacific Ocean have left Australia scurrying to shore-up its position as a trusted partner of Pacific Island nations and maintain its place as an influential player in the region.
Working paper

Maximizing the development impacts from temporary migration

This paper evaluates the impact of the Australian agriculture sector's Pacific seasonal worker program on workers, their households, and communities.
Report

Peer review report : Federated States of Micronesia

The Forum Compact on Strengthening Development Coordination in the Pacific is a development Compact agreed by Forum Leaders and endorsed by key development partners at the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ annual meeting in Cairns, August 2009. The Compact sets out collective actions by Forum Island...
Report

Republic of the Marshall Islands peer review report

This report provides recommendations to the government of Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) and its development partners on a set of practical actions in the short to medium term that could strengthen resources use in RMI.
Thesis

Evaluating the Feasibility of a Pacific Islands Currency Union

This thesis evaluates the feasibility of a Pacific Islands currency union involving six Pacific Island countries (PICs) comprising Fiji, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu, and their industrialised neighbours, Australia and New Zealand. PICs are vulnerable to internal and external shocks...
Report

Peer review of the Republic of Kiribati

The Government of Kiribati has been considering improvements to its planning, policy, coordination, implementation and financial management processes for some time, and this report does not set out to cover the whole range of proposals for change.
Report

Peer review of the Republic of Nauru

Given the relative newness of Nauru to planning and aid management, this review provides an opportunity for Nauru to identify the mistakes of others and progress more quickly to establish systems and processes that promote effective planning, budgeting and oversight and leadership in the management...