Reports

Joining the World's Economic Parliament

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:17:53 +0000

After 16 years of negotiations, Vanuatu is poised to join the World Trade Organisation. The Pacific Institute of Public Policy has undertaken its own study of the deal and hopes the analysis can stimulate an informed debate in the lead up to the parliamentary vote to ratify the decision.

Improving public policy: A North Pacific case study

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

This is a summary of the five volume study report, Assessing and Strengthening Policy Processes in RMI, FSM and Palau. A pilot study led by Ben Graham for the Pacific Institute of Public Policy.

Melanesia Poll March 2011 Report

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:29:45 +0000

As leaders gather in Fiji this week for the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit, the Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) has released its findings from the first ever telephone poll conducted across Melanesia. Seven questions relating to the 'Melanesian family' of nations were posed, including one asking which major non Pacific island nation was considered to be the best partner for individual nations in the region. MSG leaders may be encouraged that a majority (74.9%) of respondents were aware of the regional body to represent Melanesians.

When asked who they considered part of the Melanesian family, a clear majority of respondents included the established members (PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and New Caledonia) while 42% also included West Papua, 17.1% included Australia, 14.9% included Indonesia and 14.1% included Timor Leste.

Another question posed was 'do you support independence for West Papua?' A clear majority of respondents across Melanesia said yes, with very high support in PNG (89.3%) and Vanuatu (88.2%).

Asked to relate the relationship between their country and Australia, the majority of respondents said it was positive except those in Fiji. Australia is also considered to be the best external partner for PNG (40.5%) and the Solomons (40.4%), while for Vanuatu only 14.1% of respondents considered Australia best, whereas China scored 32.9%. Among respondents in Fiji there was a sense that it considered Australia, New Zealand, China and US as all roughly equal in importance.

In relation to engagement with Fiji, a majority of respondents including those in Fiji itself, opted for increased engagement or keeping the level of engagement as it is.

This is the first of what will be a regular series of Pacific Polls carried out by PiPP on a range of public policy issues.

2010 Annual Report

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 03:47:25 +0000

2009 Annual Report

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:40:59 +0000

2009 research report - social and economic impact of telecommunications in Vanuatu

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Vanuatu is in the midst of a mobile revolution - this is the second year of a multi-year study exploring the social and economic impact of better access to telecommunications.

The field work recommenced in the first quarter of 2011 and the report of the third phase of the research will be published in October 2011.

2008 research report - social and economic impact of telecommunications in Vanuatu

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0000

This paper provides an overview of the 2008 PiPP study into how people in urban and rural Vanuatu exploit access to telecommunications, and how the use of telephony impacts on household livelihoods. It also considers the implications of telecommunications for gender dynamics, small and medium enterprises, and rural-urban linkages.

2008 Annual Report

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:36:04 +0000

Vanuatu Political Parties 2008 BISLAMA VERSION

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

A joint initiative of the Pacific Institute of Public Policy and the Australian Labor Party International Projects Unit with funding through the Australian Political Parties for Democracy Program.

To read this guide is to take a walk through the political history of Vanuatu. But it is also to gain an understanding of the issues which face Vanuatu in the lead up to the 2008 election together with some of the solutions put forward to deal with these issues. The booklet provides a compendium of the 21 major parties contesting the 2008 election: who they are, who is behind them, what is their history, and what they now stand for.

We aim to update this booklet in the lead up to the next election in 2012.

THIS VERSION IS IN BISLAMA.

Vanuatu Political Parties 2008

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

A joint initiative of the Pacific Institute of Public Policy and the Australian Labor Party International Projects Unit with funding through the Australian Political Parties for Democracy Program.

We aim to update this booklet in the lead up to the next election in 2012.