Details

Jointly organised by the ANU Development Policy Centre and the USP School of Economics, the conference covers a range of topics, including

Day 1

Welcome remarks by Vice Chancellor Prof Pal Ahluwahlia

Opening remarks by His Excellency Lionel Rouwen Aingimea, President of Nauru

Keynote address by Hon Pat Conroy MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Government of Australia

Panel 1: Gender equality

Panel 2: Aid effectiveness

Panel 3: Fiji economy

Day 2

Keynote address by Prof Jonathan J Morduch: Rethinking poverty and household finance

Keynote address by Prof Stephen Howes: The Pacific post-pandemic – an economic update

Panel 4: Economic recovery

Panel 5: PNG economy

Panel 6: Social protection

Followed by conference dinner hosted by KAS Australia (by invitation only)

Day 3

Opening plenary

Future directions of the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme

Mobile bodies in warming water: climate futures for labour mobility in the Pacific

The future of labour mobility schemes in Vanuatu

Panel 7: Labour mobility in a changing region

Panel 8: Maximising development impacts

Panel 9: Understanding social impacts

For more details and the link to the live stream please go to:

2022 Pacific Update | Development Policy Centre (anu.edu.au)