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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.
- Sharing Lessons Learnt from Oxfam’s Southern Africa HIV & AIDS Programs with the Pacific (September 2006) PDF 515k
- Oxfam Australia has been working with community-based partners in Southern Africa on HIV and AIDS programs since the mid-1990s. This report documents the lessons learnt for the benefit of our HIV and AIDS programs in the Pacific region.
- Bridging the gap between state and society – new directions for the Solomon Islands. (July 2006) PDF 2.5mb
- This Oxfam report argues that the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) needs to change its approach and seek more ways to support ordinary people to have their say in shaping the future of the country.
- Conflict Prevention or Promotion? An analysis of economic planning and performance in the Solomon Islands (April 2006) PDF 557kb
- This study, commissioned by Oxfam International, seeks to identify and address the approaches to economic reform and development in the Solomon Islands. This is conducted through analysis of the National Economic Recovery, Reform and Development Plan (NERRDP), which serves as the central reform initiative of the Solomon Island Government and the international donor community.