Stephen Howes rebuts Naren Prasad's argument that migration and remittance dependence harm Pacific island economies.

The Iran–US–Israel conflict carries urgent lessons for Pacific states weighing security agreements with major powers.

How can education programs stay effective as they scale? Insights from the 2025 Australasian AID Conference keynote panel.

In Papua New Guinea, young people are coming of age amid rapid social change. Globalisation, digital media and shifting social norms are reshaping how youth understand relationships, gender roles, ...

Between July and December of last year, the number of Pacific Engagement Visas (PEVs) granted to individuals selected in the 2024 ballot climbed from 1,188 to 1,776. That means the success rate for ...

The 2026 Australasian Aid and International Development (AID) Conference will be held on 2-4 December in Canberra. The call for papers will open in May and tickets will go on sale in September.

When a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu in 2024, nearly 80,000 people — roughly one quarter of the population — were affected: lives lost, families displaced, homes reduced to rubble. Severely ...

Why do so few New Caledonians migrate to France despite holding French passports? Economic, historical and social factors ...

Amita Monterola is the Research Communications Coordinator at the Development Policy Centre. She is Editor of Devpolicy Blog and co-host of the Devpolicy Talks podcast.

Australia will contribute US$2 million in “seed funding” to support the Republic of the Marshall Islands’ (RMI) newly established Resilience and Adaptation Trust Fund. It will also work with UNICEF to ...

PALM (Pacific Australia Labour Mobility) growth has stalled. The total number of PALM workers in Australia was 26,185 in April 2022, 34,230 in June 2024 and 32,365 in November 2025. But there is still ...