The Pacific island nation of Nauru serves as the canvas for an approach to sustainable development programming that bucks tradition. Working with a population of over 12,000 people, and a single island 21 square kilometres in size, the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Pacific...
Category - Pacific human development
Pacific Predictions: A look ahead at 2024
As the new year gets underway, now is the time to look ahead to what will be significant in the Pacific islands region. Chances are this part of the world will continue to be a focus for the media and commentariat who will view what happens through their own lenses. However, more now than ever, it...
Health service coverage: Asia and the Pacific swap places
According to the World Health Organization, Universal Health Coverage (UHC) requires that all people receive the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and palliative health services they need and can afford. The latest WHO and World Bank 2023 review Tracking Universal Health Coverage...
Do no harm: supporting Pacific women leaders
The Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, last month committed to a revitalised gender equality declaration. This declaration, spearheaded by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, was subject to extensive consultation across the region. The first of its seven priority...
Pacific predictions: 2022
The new year brings opportunities and challenges for the Pacific. There are big questions being...
Bringing the Pacific islands closer by investing in its people
The Pacific region is truly unique. Its history, heritage and rich cultures are extraordinary, and...
Childhood malnutrition widespread in PNG’s Strickland Bosavi...
Malnutrition is a serious problem in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It can result in irreparable physical...
Strategies for education recovery in Fiji
In addition to economic and social disruptions, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted teaching and...
Investigating district-level measures of well-being in PNG
In two recent discussion papers, we have tried to assess the relative significance of a number of...
The Pacific food revolution will be televised
It was a great surprise and honour that Gordon Peake approached us to be the guinea pigs/first...