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Pacific Economic Monitor: Budget Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy ...
Asian Development Bank
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Contract law – The South Pacific: customary and introduced law [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
The author examines the practical effect of the combined influence of customary and introduced common laws on the law of contract operating in the South Pacific – particularly the twelve island countries within the region with membership of the ...
Care, Jennifer Corrin
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State failure in the South Pacific and its implications for New Zealand security policy : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Defence Studies at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The concept of state failure is complex, encompassing many aspects of the decline in a state, from its institutional and political capacities, to its social cohesion and economic performance.
Wootton, Stuart I. J
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Who is coming from Vanuatu to New Zealand under the new Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program? [PDF]

open access: yes
New Zealand's new Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) program allows workers from the Pacific Islands to come to New Zealand for up to seven months to work in the horticulture and viticulture industries. One of the explicit objectives of the program is to
David McKenzie   +2 more
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Vanuatu

open access: yesIMF Staff Country Reports
Vanuatu has faced a perfect storm of shocks. The national carrier, Air Vanuatu, went into liquidation in May 2024, the capital city experienced a major earthquake in December 2024, Economic Citizenship Program revenues remain at risk, and the export sector is grappling with an uncertain global environment.
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The Babe Ruth Algorithm: a fast, unbiased procedure to randomize presence-absence data matrices with fixed row and column totals

open access: yes, 2014
A well-known problem in numerical ecology is how to recombine presence-absence matrices without altering row and column totals. A few solutions have been proposed, but all of them present some issues in terms of statistical robustness (i.e.
Boccacci, Francesco   +4 more
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Pacific Island food security: situation, challenges and opportunities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In recent years, there have been large and rapid increases in the prices of basic foods worldwide. Pacific island countries have not been isolated from the global food 'crisis'.
Bourke, Mike   +4 more
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The use of theatre for development in the prevention of HIV/AIDS : a dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Over the last three decades development practitioners have begun to search for new theoretical approaches to the problems of underdevelopment. This has given rise to approaches that focus on the participation of people and their culture in development ...
Aldiss, Edmund Benet
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Impact of trade openness, remittances, capital inflows & financial development on income in Vanuatu [PDF]

open access: yes
In this study, using bounds approach and annual data for the period 1981-2008, the short and long-run effects of remittances and trade openness on income in Vanuatu are estimated.
Kumar, Ronald R.
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Bryophyte floras of tropical Pacific islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
A review of the status of bryological research in each of the nations, states or governmental units of southern Melanesia, Micronesia and tropical Polynesia shows the imperfect state of knowledge about the Pacific tropical islands. Best known overall are
Miller, Harvey A., Whittier, Henry O.
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