With financial constraints tightening around the PNG treasury, credibility has become the government's most important commodity. Vague reassurances are unlikely to assuage fears, so it is in government’s own interest to begin communicating the evidence, writes Mark Evans.

There is a need to move beyond band-aid solutions for governance that only lead to greater instability and inconsistency in the policy-making processes, to developing strong institutions with visionary leadership at the helm, writes Kiery Manassah.

Despite the goodwill and dedication of many of those involved, RAMSI ultimately did not help Solomon Islands to stand on its own two feet, writes Dan Gay. The problem was that far too much was spent on law and order and not enough on building infrastructure, writes Dan Gay.

It is hardly surprising that the question of online anonymity is one to which many in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and PNG appear to be responding with a resounding ‘no’. But Identity, as it is widely understood in the Pacific, is changing, writes Dan McGarry.