Tag - Economic policy

COVID-19: economic damage and Pacific strengths

August 18, 2020

by Stephen Howes, Sherman Surandiran

The Pacifika Women Network Trade Centre reopened in May after closing its operations for eight weeks due to the COVID-19 lockdown (Photo credit: Jotam Sinopane)

How to spend K320m to support PNG agriculture, households and businesses

June 18, 2020

by Jotam Sinopane

PNG money (Jan Messersmith Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

The PNG kina during COVID-19: standing out from the crowd

May 14, 2020

by Dek Joe Sum

Credit: RNZ

Thinking about PNG’s COVID-19 economic response: part 2

April 30, 2020

by Dek Joe Sum, Maholopa Laveil, Stephen Howes

The beginning of a very long queue at the NASFUND office, Four Mile, as unemployed people seek early release of their superannuation (Photo credit: Jotam Sinopane)

Thinking about PNG’s COVID-19 economic response: part 1

April 29, 2020

by Dek Joe Sum, Maholopa Laveil, Stephen Howes

TST Waigani shop during shut down (taken by author)

PNG’s economic stimulus: an assessment

April 23, 2020

by Jotam Sinopane

There are high levels of unemployment in Fiji's tourism sector due to border closures and travel restrictions (Credit ILO Asia-Pacific CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Fiji’s economic freefall, and the government’s response

April 17, 2020

by Neelesh Gounder

Recent changes to the Kina Facility Rate (KFR): are they working?

November 15, 2019

by Dek Joe Sum