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Tag - Pacific Covid Economic Database

Reserve Bank of Fiji (Michael Coghlan-Flickr)

Pacific foreign exchange reserves: increasing during the pandemic

by Stephen Howes and Huiyuan Liu
February 2, 2022
Market in Vanuatu (AusAID)

Vanuatu: taking the pandemic in its economic stride

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran
August 5, 2021
A photo of Prime Minister Hon. James Marape launching PNG's Infrastructure Development Programme in August 2020

PNG just ran its highest budget deficit ever – but that’s a good thing

by Rohan Fox and Stephen Howes
July 23, 2021

Fiji and PNG: no room to move on COVID-19

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran
February 25, 2021

Constraints on the Pacific response to COVID-19

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran
August 28, 2020
Timor-Leste is prioritizing universal cash transfers in its response to COVID0-19. (UN Photo:Martine Perret/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

What are Pacific governments spending on in response to COVID-19?

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran
August 24, 2020
Additional expenditure in response to COVID-19 (% of GDP)

COVID-19 spending across the Pacific: the self-funded, the aid-financed, and the constrained

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran
August 20, 2020

COVID-19: economic damage and Pacific strengths

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran
August 18, 2020

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