Tourism, regionalism and Niue’s quest for self-sustainability: an interview with Premier Toke Talagi
Tess reached out across the International Date Line to talk with the Premier of Niue, Toke Talagi. Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/tourism-regionalism-and-niues-quest-for-self-sustainab...
3 Jun 201516min
An interview with Sir Richard Feachem
Sir Richard Feachem is Director of the Global Health Group at UCSF Global Health Sciences, Professor of Global Health at the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, B...
3 Jun 201520min
‘A lost decade? Service delivery and reforms in Papua New Guinea 2002-2012’ Australian launch
Has PNG been able to translate its economic boom into services for ordinary people? Based on research undertaken jointly by the National Research Institute (NRI) and the Development Policy Centre, ANU...
3 Jun 20151h 29min
What was different about the 2014 elections in Solomon Islands and what it means for development
The 2014 elections in Solomon Islands brought an intriguing mix of change and continuity. For the first time ever a sitting prime minister lost his seat. Yet the average incumbent survival rate was mu...
3 Jun 201548min
Afghanistan 2014: a survey of the Afghan people
With the conclusion of the first democratic transition of power in the country’s history and the continuing drawdown of foreign troops, what do the people of Afghanistan think are the most critical is...
3 Jun 20151h 11min
The challenges of fighting corruption in Papua New Guinea
Corruption in Papua New Guinea is widely accepted to be a major development challenge. The fight against it was recently bolstered by the introduction of a new anti-corruption taskforce. In 2011 Taskf...
3 Jun 20151h 5min
Malaria elimination in the Asia Pacific by 2030
Half of all countries in the world have eliminated malaria, mostly since the Second World War. Ambitious strategies are now being put in place to eradicate human malaria worldwide by 2050 and to elimi...
3 Jun 20151h 7min
Legal challenges, law reform and legal education – an interview with Lalotoa Mulitalo
Tess Newton Cain and Lalotoa Mulitalo, who is a Law Lecturer at the University of the South Pacific, met recently in Vanuatu. This is a recording of their conversation. Blog post available here: http:...
3 Jun 201520min
