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Reserve Bank of Fiji (Michael Coghlan-Flickr)

2 February 2022

Pacific foreign exchange reserves: increasing during the pandemic

by Stephen Howes and Huiyuan Liu

Market in Vanuatu (AusAID)

5 August 2021

Vanuatu: taking the pandemic in its economic stride

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran

A photo of Prime Minister Hon. James Marape launching PNG's Infrastructure Development Programme in August 2020

23 July 2021

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

by Rohan Fox and Stephen Howes

25 February 2021

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

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran

28 August 2020

Constraints on the Pacific response to COVID-19

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran

Timor-Leste is prioritizing universal cash transfers in its response to COVID0-19. (UN Photo:Martine Perret/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

24 August 2020

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

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran

Additional expenditure in response to COVID-19 (% of GDP)

20 August 2020

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

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran

18 August 2020

COVID-19: economic damage and Pacific strengths

by Stephen Howes and Sherman Surandiran

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