The latest OECD reporting on public and private climate finance shows that this finance reached a combined US$133 billion in ...

Devpolicy's latest poll on Australian attitudes to aid reveals disappointing, predictable and surprising findings about aid support.

For the first time since COVID, the Pacific Islands Forum has activated its emergency response mechanism. The immediate trigger was not climate, but a regional fuel and transport cost shock linked to ...

Emeritus Professor Ronald (Ron) Charles Duncan AO was my former boss and mentor, and over time became a close family friend. With Ron, Premila and I always said we got “two friends for the price of ...

When discussions on security in Papua New Guinea come up, the focus often goes straight to tribal fighting, especially in the Highlands region. That is real and serious, but it is not the only thing ...

This article builds on a previous Devpolicy Blog piece written by Edwin Venu Pedro and Jess Marinaccio, government employees engaged in Tuvalu’s Digital Nation project. They highlighted growing ...

The World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have both recently made changes to their construction procurement policies. These aim to promote more employment and skills development for the ...

The Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) provides up to 3,000 permanent residency visas for citizens of up to 12 Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste. To obtain a PEV visa, you first must enter a ballot, ...

A Pacific worker putting in 30 hours on an Australian farm, earning $937 and taking home just over $100 after deductions, as put to a Senate committee in 2022, became, for many people, a defining ...

The surge in global oil prices following the US-Iran conflict has exposed the extent of Pacific economies’ vulnerability to fuel supply shocks. At its peak, prices climbed to over US$118 per barrel, ...