This report examines tourism and its contribution to poverty alleviation in the Pacific, focusing mainly on what existing literature can tell us about the nature and scope of tourism in the region and its contribution to development, constraints to tourism, and the roles of key institutions in the region which encourage development of tourism.

The WHO Pacific Islands Mental Health Network (PIMHnet) was officially launched at the Meeting of Ministers of Health for the Pacific Island Countries in Port Vila, Vanuatu on 14 March 2007.

This Review was requested by the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce (VCCI) and the Government of Vanuatu (GOV). Its purpose is to assess the legislative and institutional environment of VCCI, its role, approach, organisational structure and capacity, the scope and effectiveness of its recent past work, and resourcing and sustainability. The review sits within a broader...

This review of the extension services in Vanuatu is the result of a request by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock/Quarantine, Forestry and Fisheries (MAQFF) to NZAID in late 2006.

The purpose of this external review was to assess how effectively the 2007 Vanuatu Education Management Information System (VEMIS) Project’s design, mechanisms and implementation approach have been working and how to address identified areas of weakness or risk to sustainability. The goal of the review was to identify the achievements of the VEMIS project against...