PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT

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

PACIFIC ISLANDS POLICY

Pacific Islands Policy examines critical issues, problems, and opportunities that are relevant to the Pacific Islands region. The series is intended to influence the policy process, affect how people understand a range of contemporary Pacific issues, and help fashion solutions. A central aim of the series is to encourage scholarly analysis of economic, political, social, and cultural issues in a manner that will advance common understanding of current challenges and policy responses.

Titles in the Series

China in Oceania: New Forces in Pacific Politics
by Terence Wesley-Smith
Pacific Islands Policy, No. 2
2007

Is That the Best You Can Do? A Tale of Two Micronesian Economies
by Francis X. Hezel, SJ
Pacific Islands Policy, No. 1
2006

Pacific Islands Policy co-editors and editorial board members are all affiliated with or on the staff of the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) at the East-West Center.

Series Co-Editors

Robert C. Kiste
Adjunct Senior Fellow, PIDP
Professor Emeritus, University of Hawai‘i

Gerard A. Finin
Deputy Director, PIDP

Editorial Board

Sitiveni Halapua
Director, PIDP

Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka
Research Fellow, PIDP

Geoffrey M. White
Adjunct Senior Fellow, PIDP
Professor of Anthropology, University of Hawai‘i 

Series Copyeditor

Susan E. Arritt