Tag - Economic policy

No poverty reduction in Fiji over the last six years

by Neelesh Gounder

February 16, 2021

COVID-19: economic damage and Pacific strengths

by Stephen Howes, Sherman Surandiran

August 18, 2020

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

by Jotam Sinopane

June 18, 2020

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

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

by Dek Joe Sum

May 14, 2020

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

by Dek Joe Sum, Maholopa Laveil, Stephen Howes

April 30, 2020

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

by Dek Joe Sum, Maholopa Laveil, Stephen Howes

April 29, 2020

TST Waigani shop during shut down (taken by author)

PNG’s economic stimulus: an assessment

by Jotam Sinopane

April 23, 2020

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

by Neelesh Gounder

April 17, 2020

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

by Dek Joe Sum

November 15, 2019

Memorandum of Understanding

From the Development Policy Centre. The podcast that peers behind the bureaucratic curtain to tell the stories of the people, policy and politics of international development.

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MoU the travelogue: Aid beyond the tarmac road

February 15, 2021

MoU food: An entrée to development

January 31, 2021

Trailer: Memorandum of Understanding

January 27, 2021

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Devpolicy Talks

The Development Policy Centre is home to the Devpolicy Blog (devpolicy.org) and is a think tank for aid and development policy based at Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University. Devpolicy Talks brings you the latest from our centre’s public events as well as other discussions from our blog and research work covering Australian aid, PNG and the Pacific and global development policy.

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COVID-19: Economic costs and responses in the Pacific

August 28, 2020

How to meet Australian demand for Pacific foreign vocational workers

August 20, 2020

Migration and household finances: How a different framing can improve thinking about migration

June 18, 2020

2020 Australasian AID Conference – Panel 5b: Australian aid and foreign policy

June 4, 2020

2020 Australasian AID Conference – Panel 5a: Working with men and boys to end violence against women

May 18, 2020

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