Pacific democracy: global indices and lived realities
Devpolicy Talks6 Des 2025

Pacific democracy: global indices and lived realities

This episode explores the state of democracy in the Pacific, focusing on a joint report by International IDEA and the Australia National University's Department of Pacific Affairs (DPA). The report, released in mid-2025, assesses data from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It then looks at all Pacific nations, covering the six themes of grassroots democracy, scale, localised politics, cohabitation, political marginalisation and democratic innovation.

After an introduction by International IDEA Director for Asia and the Pacific Leena Rikkila Tamang and DPA head Sonia Palmieri, three ANU Pasifika researchers, Michael Kabuni, Anna Naupa and Romitesh Kant, discuss the findings.

Metrics like voter turnout and constituency funds are analysed. Challenges such as gender representation and civil society participation are highlighted. The conversation also touches on the role of international donors and the need for more research to understand the complexity of Pacific democracy.

Assessing the State of Democracy in the Pacific - download the International IDEA / DPA report

The Global State of Democracy 2025: Democracy on the Move - download the International IDEA report

Unspoken Rules of Politics: Uncovering the Motivations of Voters in Vanuatu's Elections - download DPA report

Refereeing democracy: judiciary, parliament and executive in 50 years of Papua New Guinea politics - article by Michael Kabuni

Voting Methods and Their Distribution in Papua New Guinea - DPA discussion paper by Thiago Cintra Oppermann, Nicole Haley and Colin Wiltshire

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