Jonathan Pryke

Director, Pacific Islands Program

Areas of expertise

Pacific economic development; Australia-Melanesia relations; Australian foreign aid and the Pacific

Contact

@jonathan_pryke

Biography

Publications

News and media

Jonathan Pryke is a former Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program. Jonathan’s research is interested in all aspects of the Pacific Islands, including economic development in the Pacific Islands region, Australia’s relationship with the Pacific, the role of aid and the private sector in Pacific Islands development and Pacific labour mobility. Jonathan joined the Lowy Institute in 2015 from the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University where he was a researcher, editor of the Development Policy Blog and a co-convener of the Australasian Aid Conference. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Sydney, a Masters of Public Policy (Development Policy), Masters of Diplomacy and Graduate Diploma in International and Development Economics from the Australian National University.

Aid & development links: US threat to Pakistan, cholera in Yemen, transfer pricing and more

This week's links include President Trump linking foreign aid to cooperation in Afghanistan and the role of the private sector in Australian aid.

Pacific links: Solomon Islands PM, PNG’s cabinet, Guam and more

Julie Bishop speaking on Australia's new approach to the Pacific, violence in PNG's Highland provinces, the real danger facing Guam and more.

Aid & development links: How rich are you? Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the case for optimism and more

This week's links also include the case against linking corruption to poverty and how global income equality has shifted since the GFC.

Pacific Links: PNG elections, seasonal worker exploitation, fraud in Fiji and more

This weeks links include PNG's election results, the exploitation of seasonal workers in Australia and managing tribal warfare in PNG's highlands.

Commentary

Papua New Guinea: same prime minister, same problems

Originally published in the Australian Financial Review.Jonathan Pryke

Peter O’Neill returns for a second term

Let's hope this government can deliver on what it has promised to all Papua New Guineans.

Aid & development links: Rohinyga asylum seekers, blockchain tech potential and more

This weeks links include the psychology of psychic numbing, the ongoing plight of Rohingya asylum seekers, and Chinese development infrastructure projects.