Press Release – Pacific Finance Inclusion Programme

Surviving on FJ$90 a month is not easy. So when youths on the chiefly island of Bau were presented with Financial First Steps training, social welfare recipients Akosita Tinai and Leanatasi Vuiloma were also keen on learning skills that would be crucial … Read more »

Press Release – Government Of Timor-Leste

Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Address By His Excellency The Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão On The Occasion Of The Opening Of The Forum On Inclusive Growth Dili Convention Centre 6 February 2012 Read more »

Press Release – US State Department

Press Availability Kurt M. Campbell Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Hanoi, Vietnam February 2, 2012 Read more »

Press Release – Asian Development Bank

DILI, TIMOR-LESTE (7 February 2012) – A strong private sector is as important to Timor-Leste’s long term success as it is elsewhere in Asia and the Pacific, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President of Private Sector and Co-financing Operations … Read more »

Press Release – Asian Development Bank

NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (24 January, 2012) – The Government of the Kingdom of Tonga, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank have launched a $34 million project which will allow Tonga to gain high-speed internet access by financing the development … Read more »

Press Release – ACP Media

ACP Press Release, 11 January 2012 : The Secretary General of the ACP Group of States H.E Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas, welcomed Fiji Government’s decision to lift the Public Emergency Regulation with effect from Saturday 7th January 2012. Speaking on behalf … Read more »

Press Release – Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

The European Union yesterday signed assistance of €12.3 million to increase Pacific-ACP countries’ ability to benefit from global trade and regional economic integration. These activities are financed under the 10th European Development Fund and are part … Read more »

Press Release – US State Department

This is an exciting moment for American diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific — a true inflection point in our foreign policy. As Secretary Clinton has written, “It is becoming increasingly clear that in the 21st century, the world’s strategic and economic … Read more »

Press Release – ITUC

Brussels, 14 December 2011 (ITUC OnLine): The international trade union movement has warned of growing social unrest and increased social hardship if trade liberalization continues against the backdrop of harsh unemployment and austerity measures. Sharan … Read more »

Press Release – World Bank

Today the World Bank Board of Directors approved a US$ 62 million grant to improve aviation in the Pacific region and make air travel safer and more efficient for people travelling to and from the Pacific Islands. Supported by the Government of Australia … Read more »