PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center
With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i

PAST ANALYSIS

• Taiwan’s 2008 Legislative Elections: Pain And Gain
  Denny Roy, East-West Center
• GAO Releases Report On U.S. Funding To Vanuatu
  U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Consumption Tax - The Tongan Experience
  Tonga Minister of Finance Siosiua T. T. "Utoikamanu
• Gloomy Long-Term Outlook For Marshall Islands
  U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Immigration Bill Would Give CNMI Aliens A Chance
  Criselda B. Hernandez
• Where Are The Boundaries Of ‘Politics’?
  Francis X. Hezel, SJ,

• A Deeper Look At France’s Role In The Pacific
  Oceania Flash

• The Calculus Of Fiji Politics Is Changing
  Jon Fraenkel

• Taotao Tagga’: Glimpses Of His Life History
  Gary M. Heathcote 

• HIV/AIDS in Papua New Guinea: A Reality Check
  Trevor Cullen

• Myths Of The FSM Economy
  Francis X. Hezel and Chris Lightfoot 

• The Perils of Majoritarianism in Fiji: The 2006 Polls 
  Jon Fraenkel

• Solomons Polls And The PNG Experience
  Jon Fraenkel

• Forestry And Economic Development In PNG
  Tim Curtin

• Micronesian Governance: An Outside View
  Francis X. Hezel, S.J.

• Tough Adjustment Ahead For Refocused Nauru
  Sean Dorney

• Lessons Learned From Marshalls Clam Farming
  C.L. Chesire