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.
![Pacific links: natural resources in PNG, Macron in the Pacific, and Samoan debt](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/O%27Neill%20APEC%20-%20web-min.jpg?itok=bCdDHDSK)
![Temper expectations for Britain’s “Pacific pivot”](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Pryke%20-%20web.jpg?itok=jweyM428)
![Pacific islands links: Vanuatu’s China wharf, leaders in London, elections, and more](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Fiji%20PM%20-%20web-min.jpg?itok=FhtwKGSC)
![Pacific Islands links: Vanuatu base talk, PNG unplugged, medals, and more](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/37960861931_85449921fd_kmini.jpg?itok=yB_SbzuS)
![The bad – and good – of China’s aid in the Pacific](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-480760000-min.jpg?itok=m_k9LKON)
![Favourites of 2017: PNG speaks](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/30632526034_8758c75fe7_k-min.jpg?itok=Nw93CasH)
![What next for Papua New Guinea?](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/37985295351_ccac9b293d_k.jpg?itok=5eGl1LgP)
![No course correction in PNG budget](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-870069430-min.jpg?itok=MhDYoBv0)