Norms and Japan’s Foreign Aid Policy in the South Pacific

Cooperation in the South Pacific region is unique due to the characteristics of its participants. Following the period of decolonization (1962-1980), countries in Oceania have radically changed. Achieving independence gave those nations international legal personality, yet complete independence from their former colonial powers. The following consequence was gaining an opportunity to draft, adopt and execute own laws in national and foreign policy. PICT (Pacific island countries and territories) have been expanding connections, political and trade ones, within the region since the 1960s when permanent migration of islanders and intra-regional transactions began. Migrations along with foreign aid are considered as the distinctive characteristics of the Pacific Ocean basin. Since the 1980s, the regional integration in Oceania, through establishing regional groupings and increasing the regional trade agreements number, took on pace and scope. The MIRAB synthetic measure (migration, remittances, aid, bureaucracy) has been used in analyzing the Oceania developing microeconomies. Last but not least, migration and foreign aid have been retaining the region from a deeper and more effective stage of regionalism.

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Signifikansi Nauru dalam Kebijakan Bantuan Finansial Australia (2001-2008)

DIALEKTIKA : Jurnal Ekonomi dan Ilmu Sosial ◽

10.36636/dialektika.v1i1.16 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Bramantyo Tri Asmoro

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

Financial Aid ◽

Solomon Islands ◽

South Pacific ◽

Asia Pacific ◽

Regional Security ◽

Pacific Region ◽

Asia Pacific Region ◽

Failed State ◽

Aid Policy

ABSTRAKAustralia setiap tahun mempunyai kebijakan bantuan luar negeri yang difokuskan pada kawasan Asia Pasifik. Untuk kawasan Pasifik Selatan, Australia memfokuskan pada negara-negara Melanesia seperti Papua Nugini, Solomon Islands, Fiji dan Vanuatu. Namun sejak tahun 2001, Australia meningkatkan bantuan finansial ke sebuah negara kecil bernama Nauru. Nauru terletak di kawasan Micronesia dan mempunyai ukuran yang sangat kecil. Dibandingkan dengan negara Pasifik Selatan lainnya, bantuan Australia ke Nauru cenderung terus meningkat. Fakta ini menimbulkan suatu pertanyaan, mengapa Australia meningkatkan bantuan finansialnya ke Nauru, khusunya sejak tahun 2001?Dalam menjawab pertanyaan di atas, penulis menggunakan teori motivasi bantuan luar negeri, kemanan regional, dan konsep pertahanan Australia, yaitu continental defence. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah Australia meningkatkan bantuan finansial ke Nauru karena ingin menjaga keamanan regional. Nauru terancam menjadi negara gagal hingga dapat memberikan efek yang buruk terhadap keamanan regional Pasifik Selatan.Â Â Â Kata Kunci : bantuan luar negeri, keamanan regional, negara gagal.Â ABSTRACTAustralia has foreign aid policy distributed to Asia Pacific region annually. Specifically for South Pacific region, Melanesian countries such as Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu had always been main priorities. But since 2001, Australia increased its financial aid to Nauru, a small country located in Micronesia. Compared to other countries in South Pacific, Australia's financial aid to Nauru tends to increase. This fact raise a question about why Australia increased its financial aid to Nauru, especially since 2001?Â Â To answer the question, the writer use foreign aid motivation theory, regional security, and Australia's defence concept, continental defence. The result of this research is, Australia increased its financial aid to Nauru because Australia want to maintain regional security. Nauru is potential failed state that can disturbed regional security in South PacificKeywords : failed state, foreign aid, regional security

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Phases of Dependency in Western Samoa

Practicing Anthropology ◽

10.17730/praa.12.1.kh0353863h4tu307 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 12-20

Author(s):

Paul Shankman

Keyword(s):

Foreign Aid ◽

Case Studies ◽

Foreign Investment ◽

Comparative Studies ◽

South Pacific ◽

The South ◽

Social Scientists ◽

Agricultural Exports ◽

Western Samoa ◽

Different Types

Since the early 1970s, anthropologists and other social scientists have been studying dependency in the South Pacific. There are now a number of case studies of different types of dependency including agricultural exports, migration and remittances, foreign aid, tourism, and private foreign investment. There are also comparative studies of dependency in the region (Howard 1983; Howard 1984; Bertram and Watters 1985; Hamnett, et al 1984). Yet there are still relatively few analyses of the interrelationships among different types of dependency for particular South Pacific countries.

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Tradition versus Democracy in the South Pacific

10.1017/cbo9780511470165 ◽

1996 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

Stephanie Lawson

Keyword(s):

South Pacific ◽

The South

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Culture and leadership: Project GLOBE in the South Pacific

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e518422013-044 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Anthony R. Paquin ◽

Reinout E. de Vries ◽

Raghuvar D. Pathak ◽

Rafia Naz

Keyword(s):

South Pacific ◽

The South

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Tourism Development in the South Pacific: The Cases of Nauru and Tuvalu

The Journal of Pacific Studies ◽

10.33318/10.33318/jpacs.2019.39(1)-6 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Nick Towner ◽

Semisi Taumoepeau

Keyword(s):

Swot Analysis ◽

Tourism Development ◽

Geographic Location ◽

South Pacific ◽

The South ◽

South Pacific Ocean ◽

Economic Survival ◽

Processing Centre ◽

Remote Island ◽

The Impact

Abstract Tuvalu and Nauru are isolated developing island nations located in the South Pacific Ocean. In contrast to the established larger Pacific destinations such as Fiji and Tahiti, the tourism industries on both Tuvalu and Nauru are in their infancy. Tourism development in these remote island nations faces a myriad of challenges which include a lack of infrastructure, environmental susceptibility, economic vulnerability, difficulties with access and considerable distances from major tourist markets. This paper reviews tourism on Tuvalu and Nauru and evaluates their current situation regarding potential tourism development through workshops with relevant stakeholders, surveys and subsequent SWOT analysis. The results of the paper outlined a large number of challenges faced by Tuvalu and Nauru due to their geographic location but also highlighted that both Islands possess fascinating and unique features that have the potential to attract niche tourism markets. A key finding of this paper is that the tourism stimulus or potential attraction can also be the chief threat to the islands’ economic survival hence the two edges of the sword. Further research is required to assess the effect of the withdrawal of the Refugee Processing Centre on Nauru’s economy and to evaluate the impact of climate change on Tuvalu’s society and potential adaption strategies.

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