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In this episode of Pacific Change Makers, Director of the Lowy Institute’s Pacific Islands Program...
Using technology to stimulate innovation and development among small-scale enterprises in the Pacific Liliana is...
The latest Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map demonstratesthat there is no going back to the...
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The latest Pacific Aid Map shows the PNG debt burden is growing and risks loom...
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji, Sitiveni L Rabuka, gave the FDC Pacific...
Recognising that it cannot go it alone, Washington needs to coordinate its development efforts with...
Australia has outlined its case for being the preferred regional partner, but the Pacific needs less...
Your weekly Interpreter feature about issues, resourcesor helpful distractions that might otherwise be missed. We’re...
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The Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, gave the inaugural FDC Pacific Lecture...
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The focus on development assistance to Pacific Islands countries – spurred on by evident competition...
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The importance of achieving financial inclusion has gained greater attention recently due to the economic...
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A collaboration between Griffith Business School, through Griffith Asia Institute (GAI), and the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC) aims to...
John Conroy’s re-reading of Sir Arthur Lewis’ (Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979) 1955 book...
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The digital revolution and its potential to transform access and use of financial products and...
The economic and financial effects flowing from lockdowns to curb the spread of Covid-19 have...
Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) between sovereign states may be illegal, but it is not necessarily...
On 9 September 2020, FDC, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank Institute and the...
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Necessity – the mother of intervention Government responses to stem COVID-19’s consequences have been slow...
Six esteemed analysts* draw on an extensive survey of microfinance enterprises, loan officers, regulators and...
An influential part of Australia was already in an apocalyptic mood before COVID-19 struck the...
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The 2019 Asia Pacific Financial Inclusion Forum (APFIF), a policy initiative of the APEC Finance...
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Canberra’s pivot back to the Pacific, highlighted during last weekend’s APEC summit in Port Moresby,...
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The Mekong Inclusive Growth Forum, an initiative of FDC and its inclusive finance community, the...
At the end of June over 40 senior central bank and finance officials and senior...
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor delivered the keynote address at the...
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