DP18 - Urbanisation needs to be seen and managed as a national priority, while a new mindset is required that can look positively at the urban process.
PiPP's independent analysis of Vanuatu's bid to join the WTO presented an accessible guide to policymakers and he general public and demolished some of the myths about joining the global multilateral trading system.
A pilot study in collaboration with Asia Development Bank to investigate locally derived, country - specific strategies for improving policy processes and provide a much stronger understanding of existing policy processes, capacities and conditions.
In a first for the region, PiPP piloted a simultaneous telephone poll across the four Melanesian countries (Fiji, PNG, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) exploring key international relationships.
DP17 - Half the population of our region is under 24, and the Pacific has some of the highest population growth rates in the world. How will population pressures affect the quality of our democracy and young people's opportunities?
DP16 - Micronesia has the highest per capita net emigration rates in the world. But their governments can do more to balance the outflow of migrants by investing in education and growing the local economy at home.