by DevNadkarni | Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Tuvalu
Multiple reports have highlighted a sharp decline in Tuvalu’s tuna licensing revenue, down roughly 40 per cent over five years, as warming oceans shift tuna stocks into international waters. Tuna licenses account for roughly 60 per cent of Tuvalu’s locally generated...
by DevNadkarni | Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Guam, Marshall Islands, Pacific
From 10 July to 8 August 2025, the United States Pacific Air Forces conducted Resolute Force Pacific (REFORPAC)—the largest contingency response exercise ever undertaken in the region. Spanning over 50 locations including Guam, Hawai‘i, Japan, and international...
by DevNadkarni | Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Pacific
Effective 6 July 2025, New Zealand implemented a policy change granting multi-entry Visitor Visas to citizens of all Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) countries –including Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Nauru, Niue, Cook Islands, Palau, FSM, and...
by DevNadkarni | Aug 4, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Pacific
A World Bank Pacific Economic Update, widely reported in late July 2025, projects regional GDP growth slowing to 2.6 per cent in 2025 (down from 5.5 per cent in 2023). The Bank highlights that only around 43% of working-age women are employed across island nations,...
by DevNadkarni | Jul 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
Preparations are in full swing for the Pacific Infrastructure Conference 2025, to be held from 18 to 20 August at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre. With just over a month to go, excitement is building across the region for what promises to be one of the...
by DevNadkarni | Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Nauru
Nauru is making steady progress toward economic revitalisation in 2025, with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) projecting a 2.5 per cent GDP growth for both 2025 and 2026, as outlined in the April 2025 edition of the Asian Development Outlook. After years of economic...
by DevNadkarni | Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Kiribati
Kiribati’s economy is beginning to show signs of recovery in 2025, as the Pacific Island nation leverages infrastructure investment, tourism revival, and a renewed focus on governance reforms to stabilise its economic outlook. Following several years of sluggish...
by DevNadkarni | Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Samoa
As Samoa heads toward its general election scheduled for 29 August 2025, labour mobility has emerged as a key plank in both government policy and the national development conversation. With the economy facing structural challenges, the government and opposition alike...
by DevNadkarni | Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog
Niue, one of the world’s smallest self-governing nations, is projecting economic growth of 3.4 per cent in 2025, driven by an uptick in public infrastructure investments and a rebound in tourism following years of pandemic-induced disruption. This growth, while modest...
by DevNadkarni | Jul 10, 2025 | 2025, Blog, Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), a small island nation in the central Pacific, has received a vital boost to its financial resilience through a new World Bank initiative designed to keep Pacific countries connected to the international banking system. The...
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