Editorial for the Special Issue of Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies: The Pacific islands in the twenty-first century Guest Editors: Matthew Dornan and Ron Duncan Issue number: 5(3) September 2018...
Development
Australia’s north, Australia’s future: a vision and strategies for sustainable economic, ecological and social prosperity in northern Australia
The release of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change agreement highlighted the importance of global sustainability internationally. Here, we outline a vision and strategies for developing...
Pacific seasonal workers: learning from the contrasting temporary migration outcomes in Australian and New Zealand horticulture
“Crowding out” is a widely accepted claim in migration analysis, which posits that the preference of profit‐maximising employers for irregular and minimally regulated migrants overregulated alternatives will undermine, if not condemn...
A new frontier in digital activism: An exploration of digital feminism in Fiji
Social media has become a crucial feature of the Pacific islands in the 21st century, providing people with the means to demand greater accountability and transparency and offering an alternative platform...
What’s in a term? “Green growth” and the “blue‐green economy” in the Pacific islands
The term “green growth” and its sister concepts, “blue‐green growth,” the “green economy,” and the “blue‐green economy,” have gained considerable traction in the Pacific island region in a short space of...
Solutions to poor service delivery in Papua New Guinea
The paper discusses the problems that have plagued service delivery in Papua New Guinea—both over the long term and with the rollout of the District Development Authority Act of 2014. Various...