Features Archive July 2021
Report Finds COVID-19 Impacts Unrelenting on the Pacific Private Sector
The fifteenth Pacific Trade Invest (PTI) Pacific Business Monitor reports that sentiments among the Pacific business decision-makers remain critical and expected timelines for economic recovery are shifting back further.
![A major 2017 University of Adelaide study funded by horticulture industry associations found that “[t]he SWP results in less exploitation of workers … when compared with other low-skilled visa pathways”, such as backpackers.](https://d2t3awir4hhcxt.cloudfront.net/images/news/4c873705-9d25-4cf0-af34-038354478322_big.pjpg)
Foreign Workers on Australian Farms: Not If But How
In 2006, under pressure from the Pacific to introduce a seasonal worker scheme, and under pressure from Australian farmers to address labour shortages, the Howard government introduced the second-year backpacker visa.
Call for Pacific Leaders to Declare Climate Emergency
Pacific Youth representative at a UK-Pacific High Level Climate Dialogue, Gladys Habu is calling on Pacific Leaders to prioritize the climate crisis by declaring it a climate emergency.
5 Covid-19 Vaccine Myths Explained
Here are 5 most heard myths about the COVID-19 Vaccine.
Ending Fiji’s Nightmare
The extremely contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is currently running amok in Fiji’s capital, Suva.
Useful Outsiders – How Can External Actors Support Authentic Locally Led Development?
The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated border closures have thrown the international development industry into turmoil. An industry conventionally reliant on ‘fly-in fly-out’ consultants has had to face a reckoning in terms of the sustainability of its modus operandi.
Statement by the Administrator of the UNDP, Mr. Achim Steiner
Mr. Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and representative of the United Nations (UN) at the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Government Governors Meeting held in Venice, Italy, issued the following statement at the conclusion of the meeting:
Aiding the Pacific During Covid: An Update
While the money is flowing, the outlook for the region has also darkened considerably.
Celebrating Women’s Leadership in Solomon Islands
The UN Development Programme, SolRice, and the Government of Australia have joined forces to acknowledge women’s leadership and their role in achieving social change.