Alexandre Dayant

Feb 7, 2024 | samoaobserver.ws | Enid Westerlund |Daniel Flitton |Alexandre Dayant

If you want a reminder just how far Australian Pacific migration policy has come, read the 2006 Pacific Economic Bulletin article by veteran journalist and commentator Graeme Dobell, “Australia confronts its Pacific taboo: labour mobility”.

Feb 5, 2024 | lowyinstitute.org | Alexandre Dayant

Several Pacific nations have experienced a spike in public debt in recent years due to Covid-related border closures, trade disruptions, and climate-related disasters. Vanuatu, like its regional counterparts, was substantially affected. But its fiscal situation remained manageable, mostly because it was able to draw upon large cash reserves built up before the pandemic. Vanuatu’s debt outlook, however, could rapidly deteriorate.

Jan 23, 2024 | lowyinstitute.org | Alexandre Dayant

The start of 2024 saw the Pacific islands hit global headlines with news of riots in Papua New Guinea and Nauru make a strategic switch in the diplomatic stoush between Taiwan and China. It’s been a lively start to the year, and it looks like the big stories will keep rolling, with elections, economic hurdles, climate activism and plenty of geopolitics. In the next few days, attention will be on Tuvalu as the country goes to the polls.

Oct 30, 2023 | lowyinstitute.org | Alexandre Dayant

Development priorities across the Pacific are changing, with new players and new financial instruments emerging to increase the scope and magnitude of funding required. The latest edition of the Lowy Institute Pacific Aid Map, released today, illustrates that Australia continues to be well placed to have a significant role in assisting the region, even as development partners and areas of focus shift.

Jun 29, 2023 | brookings.edu | Alexandre Dayant |Roland Rajah

Southeast Asia is home to some of the fastest-growing economies and populations in the world. It is also a region that needs immense development finance to sustain this growth, while facing significant development challenges, including poverty, limited access to education and healthcare, political instability, and acute vulnerability to disasters.