Publications
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Policy Briefs
Geopolitics in the Pacific Islands: Playing for advantage
Competition among development partners in the region needs to be harnessed to lift standards and development outcomes.
Commentary
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
Originally published in Samoa Observer, 4 November 2023.
Reports
Pacific Aid Map 2023 - Key Findings Report
The annual Pacific Aid Map — launched by the Lowy Institute in 2018 — is an analytical tool designed to improve aid and development effectiveness in the Pacific Islands region. It…
Interactives
2023 Pacific Aid Map
Australia is the Pacific's largest development partner in our sixth annual interactive, mapping every aid project in the Pacific from 2008–2021 as the region faces new development…
Policy Briefs
Reducing remittance costs in the Pacific Islands
Despite years of policy efforts from G20 nations, fees for remitting to Pacific Islands are still among the most expensive in the world.
Commentary
China is steadily building an alternative world order
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 29 September 2023.
Journal Articles
Troubles and Puzzles: The 2022 General Elections in Papua New Guinea
Originally published in The Journal of Pacific History
Commentary
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on
Originally published in Pacific Island Times, 22 September 2023.
Commentary
The crucial role for the Green Climate Fund – and why Australia should contribute
Originally published in the Samoa Observer
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