The nature of public policy processes in the Pacific Islands

What is ‘policy’? Where is it coming from? Who is formulating it and how? What are the characteristics of existing policies? These questions concern the...

Foreign aid to the Pacific: trends and developments in the twenty-first century

The Pacific islands is one of the most aid-dependent regions in the world. This article examines developments in the delivery of foreign aid to the region...

Fiscal-food policies are likely misinformed by biased price elasticities from household surveys: evidence from Melanesia

Fiscal-food policies use taxes to alter relative food prices so as to change diets and are suggested for reducing non-communicable diseases in the Pacific...

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