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- Partnering with our neighbours – Realising the Potential of Pacific Partnerships for Development (PDF 297KB)
- The Rudd Government’s commitment to establish Partnerships for Development with Pacific Island nations heralds a new approach for Australia’s engagement in the region. Drawing on Oxfam Australia’s experience in the Pacific region, this paper highlights the many opportunities presented by the Partnerships for Development. Its primary purpose is to assist Australia and Pacific nations in their efforts to work together in partnership to tackle inequality, support sustainable development and increase gender equality.
- Trade Agreements and Development in the Pacific (PACER Plus) (PDF 65KB)
- The small island states of the Pacific are negotiating a number of important trade agreements. All of these, including the negotiation with Australia of a PACER -Plus agreement, will have major implications for development, and will shape their economies and societies for generations to come. This submission analyses the key assumptions of trade liberalisation and makes recommendations on how the Australian Government can assist small island nations to use international trade to enhance their development.
- A case study for the AusAID Building Demand for Better Governance initiative (May 2007) (PDF 38KB)
- This Oxfam case study was drafted for AusAID and analyses the keys to the successes of the SEEP program - an Oxfam partner project which promotes sustainable development for rural indigenous Fijians through community empowerment initiatives.
- The Fijian sugar industry: investing in sustainable technology (September 2005) (PDF 408KB)
- The current EU sugar regime is drawing to a close. Soon ACP sugar exporters such as Fiji will face substantial cuts in the preferential prices they currently receive. For the Fijian sugar industry, this is a worrying prospect.
- The Fiji Garment Industry (July 2004) (PDF 740KB)
- This report examines the garment industry in Fiji which has rapidly become a critical part of the economic structure of the country. Critics, however, point to the fragility of the garment sector and its dependence on markets and buyers over which it has little control.
- Mining Ombudsman Case Report: Vatukoula Gold Mine (July 2004) (PDF 2.3MB)
- This report details community complaints about the social and environmental impacts of the Vatukoula Gold Mine in Fiji, including a 13-year old industrial dispute at the mine, meagre wages and poor working conditions, sub-standard housing and sanitation and polluted air and water as a result of mine waste.