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Strengthening PFM in Pacific island countries - report cover (World Bank/DFAT/MFAT/ODI)

23 January 2017

Lessons from public financial management reforms in the Pacific

by Nematullah Bizhan

A voter marks her ballot during the 2012 elections in the PNG highlands (Flickr/Commonwealth Secretariat/Treva Braun CC BY NC ND 2.0)

11 January 2017

Pacific predictions: what will 2017 hold for the Pacific?

by Tess Newton Cain

Christ the King Primary School (image: Michelle Rooney)

12 December 2016

PNG education policies in urban contexts: Christ the King Primary School, Port Moresby

by Nayahamui Michelle Rooney

2 December 2016

Big developments in ANZ seasonal work schemes

by Henry Sherrell and Stephen Howes

Donald Trump (Flickr/Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)

25 November 2016

Trump and the PNG 2017 elections

by Bal Kama

Local residents from Walla Island gather to talk with AusAID staff. Flickr/DFAT/Connor Ashleigh CC

11 November 2016

Putting ‘thinking and working politically’ into practice – with a gender and Pacific twist

by Lisa Denney and Rebecca McLaren

Gangster at our door (Flickr/ClaraDon CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

7 October 2016

The dark side of economic globalisation: politics, organised crime and corruption in the Pacific

by Sinclair Dinnen and Grant Walton

5 October 2016

DP48 The dark side of economic globalisation: politics, organised crime and corruption in the Pacific

by Karen Downing

Broken glass (Wikimedia Commons/Jef Poskanzer CC BY 2.0)

28 September 2016

The highest glass ceiling

by Kerryn Baker

Honiara, Solomon Islands (Flickr/Jenny Scott CC BY-NC 2.0)

21 September 2016

Urban politics in Melanesia: shallow roots

by Julien Barbara and Meg Keen

Pacific Islands Forum meeting 2013 (Flickr/US Embassy in NZ CC BY-ND 2.0)

16 August 2016

Regional political cooperation to enhance mobility

by Wesley Morgan

22 July 2016

A day in the life of a Solomon Islands MP

by James Batley

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