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We also need to start discussions on making the HPV vaccine available to women and girls throughout the country.

Very insightful piece. Coupled with NEFC's Scorecard should invoke provinces to reassess their revenue raising capacities and options to generate aggressivly so that the most basic services can be internally supported when needed as deserved by the people. The provincial SEZs as an intervention should support Provincial revenue collection as well, if managed well.

Cherubim. Your story is very motivating. I would like to invite you to speak to my 2nd year journalism students on the campus.

very informative. Resource rich province's seems to be worse affected. need to revisit laws to give back what provinces deserve.

Thank you for highlighting the conference outcomes report and for providing a link to it. I appreciated the accessible manner in which you presented the context in this blog post. Amanda

Good job Kerobin! We had very different experience but I do feel related. My parents never expected me to achieve anything through education (or any unconventional choices I've made) because they had little education. It is important to believe in yourself and keep working hard, and you will make it!

Thank you for your comments Professor Fraenkel, it is indeed a critical time for Vanuatu in the lead up to the first national referendum on the proposed Constitutional amendments. On the matter of versions: the blog links to the Vanuatu Parliament website for bills (as at the time), and the Vanuatu Ministry of Internal Affairs use the Facebook platform, both being official communication channels of the government - any difference in documents would need to be discussed directly with the government. Although passed by Parliament, with amendments made on the floor, the Bill has not yet been gazetted. There should soon be a consolidated "final version" that incorporates the amendments made on the floor of Parliament, and I suggest to keep tracking the official GoV sites.

There are two versions of the Vanuatu Political Parties Registration Bill floating around. The one referred to in this blog is different from the one on the Ministry of Internal Affairs website (dated 7.12.23). And the critical legislation is not in this bill at all. It is in the Constitutional Amendments 17A and 17B which try to bind MPs to their political parties (17A) and to require independents to affiliate with political parties (17B). These are to be put to a referendum in May 2024.

Thank you for the insight into our provincial economic growth and management..

Very good commentary

A very good piece

very informative.