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Geopolitics in the Pacific Islands: Playing for advantage
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.
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
Commentary
Measuring the climate cost to Pacific development
Originally published in Samoa Observer, 4 November 2023.
Pacific Aid Map 2023 - Key Findings Report
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…
2023 Pacific Aid Map
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…
Reducing remittance costs in the Pacific Islands
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.
China is steadily building an alternative world order
Commentary
China is steadily building an alternative world order
Originally published in the Australian Financial Review on 29 September 2023.
Troubles and Puzzles: The 2022 General Elections in Papua New Guinea
Journal Articles
Troubles and Puzzles: The 2022 General Elections in Papua New Guinea
Originally published in The Journal of Pacific History 
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on
Commentary
The US–Pacific Islands Partnership, one year on
Originally published in Pacific Island Times, 22 September 2023.