Jonathan Pryke
Pacific economic development; Australia-Melanesia relations; Australian foreign aid and the Pacific
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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.
![Little to gain from linking Australia’s aid with China in the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/13841125983_10e36f9db6_o.jpg?itok=7H4rJ8ZF)
![Favourites of 2019: ABC primetime returns to the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/qanda.jpg?itok=SK5qn1Hw)
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![Chart of the week: Australian versus Chinese aid in the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Chart-of-the-Week.jpg?itok=fb4QEPWY)
![China, the Pacific, and the “debt trap” question](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1068743862%20copy.jpg?itok=2J_IhJ3N)
![Ocean of debt? Belt and Road and debt diplomacy in the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Oceans%20of%20Debt%20Cover%20-%20Digger.jpg?itok=HKVcZo41)
![2019 Aus-Fiji Business Forum After dinner address](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/2022-06/Lowy%20default.png?itok=88wn4Fy7)
![Solomons and Kiribati snub Taiwan for China – does it matter?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1169958800%20copy.jpg?itok=3_gnJdK2)
![Pacific Aid Map: An update](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/pam%20li%20adb%201909.jpg?itok=h_3C_vZr)