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Photography of roadside sign in a field that reads 'Looking for seasonal work?'

21 February 2022

New Zealand’s summer harvest woes

by Charlotte Bedford

Marine Training Centre, Tarawa, Kiribati (Richard Bedford)

22 December 2021

Has COVID-19 ended seafaring for Kiribati?

by Maria Borovnik, Charlotte Bedford and Rochelle Bailey

COVID-19 and disability in Indonesia (F. Latief-ILO-Flickr)

3 November 2021

Disability and labour markets in Indonesia

by Laura Caron

Photograph of a hospital corridor: ahead three hospital staff accompany a patient being moved on a bed.

15 October 2021

Australia needs more Pacific mid-skill migration: here’s how to facilitate it

by Satish Chand, Michael Clemens and Helen Dempster

Street vendor during COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam (ILO-Flickr)

27 August 2021

Ethnic migrants in Hanoi: hit hard by lockdowns

by Tran Chung Chau and Nicola Nixon

25 August 2021

University of Papua New Guinea economics graduates tracer survey 2020

by Karen Downing

27 May 2021

Pacific Labour Scheme: expanding while borders are closed

by Holly Lawton

Arthur Lewis at Pasar Skouw: re-reading ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’

14 April 2021

Arthur Lewis at Pasar Skouw: re-reading ‘The Theory of Economic Growth’

by John Conroy

One-third of Pacific businesses doubt they will survive COVID-19

31 March 2021

One-third of Pacific businesses doubt they will survive COVID-19

by Caleb Jarvis

Crowds at the “golden day” at Lumi Station (Desmond Narongou)

23 March 2021

Booming business, absent government in the Sepik

by Desmond Narongou

28 January 2021

Pacific seasonal workers return for New Zealand’s summer harvest

by Charlotte Bedford

The informal economy in development

25 January 2021

New book: the informal economy in development

by John Conroy

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