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The Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 27, Issue 3, Page 532-562, November 2024.Abstract Thailand is facing ongoing trade‐related challenges that threaten access to an affordable and sustainable supply of medicines. Despite Thailand's history of balancing trade pressures and public health priorities, little is known about the factors that enable or constrain a focus on access to medicines in trade‐related intellectual property (IP)
Brigitte Tenni +5 more
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An Elusive Dream: Multiracial Harmony in Fiji 1970-2000.
, 2007 The common perception of Fiji, which is unique in the South Pacific, is that of an ethnically divided society with the indigenous and immigrant communities often at loggerheads.
Gaunder, Padmini
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POLITICAL JOURNALISM: Fiji media regulation: Emerging from ‘worst of times’ to ‘best of times’?
Pacific Journalism Review, 2015 A tragic result of the repressive media environment in Fiji has been a huge brain drain within the industry. Many of the best and experienced media workers have left or been forced out.
Ricardo Morris
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Challenging colonial logics of habit in Australiaʼs economic statecraft with Pacific Islands
Asia &the Pacific Policy Studies, Volume 11, Issue 3, September 2024.Abstract When Australia deploys tools of statecraft in attempts to develop influence with Pacific Island neighbours, inherent colonial legacies exist which are not always recognised, but ultimately affect relationships. We examine Australian economic tools of statecraft applied to migration, trade and development aid, and how a colonial ‘logic of habit’
Maima Koro, Henrietta McNeill
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Current and Future Implications of the Coups for Women in Fiji [PDF]
, 1990 The impact on women of the two military coups in Fiji is the focus of this paper. Essentially, the coups have simultaneously generated new problems for women while reinforcing the existing economic, ideological, and polit-ical conditions that sustained ...
Shireen Lateef, Lateef, Shireen
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The Origins of Military Autonomy in Fiji: A Tale of Three Coups
, 2016 Alongside Thailand and Pakistan, Fiji has gained a reputation as the most coup-prone state in the Asia-Pacific region. Following a succession of coups, Fiji's military eventually established a longer-term authoritarian administration, inviting ...
Fraenkel, Jon
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Adapting postcolonial societies: two case studies from the Pacific island region [PDF]
Island Studies Journal, 2016 Sovereign Pacific island states attract little attention from the great powers. They achieved independence peacefully, mostly from the United Kingdom, and have generally maintained functional democratic societies.
Adrien Rodd
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When the barking stopped: Censorship, self-censorship and spin in Fiji
Pacific Journalism Review, 2013 After four military coups in 20 years, Fiji is poised to return to democracy in elections promised for 2014. An emergency decree placing censors in newsrooms was lifted in January 2012, but with domestic media gagged by lawsuits and Fiji Television ...
Robert A. Hooper
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, Volume 13, Issue 18, July 17, 2024.Realistic in vitro cardiac models are needed to improve disease modeling, drug screening, and safety pharmacology. In this study, an innovative heart‐on‐chip platform featuring engineered heart tissues is developed. Endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells enhance cardiomyocyte functional performance, and, through a self‐organization process ...
Carla Cofiño‐Fabres +8 more
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Do chiefly systems discourage schooling? [PDF]
An indigenous chiefly system can shape a country's economic growth and inequality through institutional development in its colonial history. This paper addresses this thesis by using original household survey data in rural Fiji, which contain unique ...
Yoshito Takasaki
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