We talk about ‘resilience’ all the time, but we generally ignore the population that is most resilient: rural villagers. We need to get out of our urban thinking box and engage rural communities to learn about building resilience elsewhere, argues Giff Johnson.

As the pressure for markets and resources—fish, energy, deep-sea minerals—escalates, interest in the islands will escalate. Island leaders and especially island communities need to look beyond the superficial to understand the motivation of donors, says Giff Johnson.

If it’s going to proceed with it, the government would do well to announce specific plans for the Sovereign Wealth Fund before the year is out. There are still too many loose ends to be tied up, and the government’s plans remain unclear, writes Mark Evans.

The contribution of NGOs to national development is obvious and irrefutable, yet they are notoriously under-funded for the work they do. Government-funded NGO staff positions would improve critical community service programs in the Pacific, writes Giff Johnson.