scholarly journals Domestic Political Reforms and China’s Diplomacy in the Pacific: The Case of Foreign Aid

2021 ◽  
pp. 259-282
Author(s):  
Denghua Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Political Reforms ◽  
The Pacific

scholarly journals Migration and Foreign Aid as Factors Restraining Regional Cooperation in the South Pacific

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Joanna Siekiera ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Ocean Basin ◽  
The South ◽  
Legal Personality ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Permanent Migration ◽  
The 1960S

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.

scholarly journals Foreign aid and inclusive education in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati: a question of ownership

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney Yates ◽  
Suzanne Carrington ◽  
Jenna Gillett-Swan ◽  
Hitendra Pillay
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
The Pacific

scholarly journals Melihat Latar Belakang Australia Dalam Memberikan Bantuan Luar Negeri ke Kawasan Pasifik

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Yusuf Rifaldy
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Donor Country ◽  
Foreign Assistance ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
National Interests ◽  
Economic Level ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Small Countries

Australia is one of the largest foreign assistance donor country to thecountries in the Pacific Region. Besides the proximity of geographiclocation between the two, there are various other factors that causeAustralia to provide foreign assistance to the Pacific Region. The Pacificregion which consists of small countries and mostly an island nation with alow economic level has a high dependence on foreign aid provided by othercountries. This study was conducted to look at Australia’s background inproviding foreign assistance to countries in the Pacific Region and whatwas generated and achieved from the provision of foreign assistance. Thisstudy uses literature-based data collection, both using official documentsissued by parties related to Australia’s foreign aid issues and otherrelated documents. The results obtained from this study are that Australiaprovides foreign assistance to countries in the Pacific Region that cannotbe separated from Australia’s efforts to obtain its national interests, bothin terms of security, economy, and politics.

scholarly journals The Effect of Geostrategic Competition on Public Attitudes to Aid

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Terence Wood ◽  
Chris Hoy ◽  
Jonathan Pryke
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Separate Experiment ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
New Era ◽  
China’S Rise ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
China's Rise ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Aid Policy

Abstract China’s rise is ushering in a new era of geostrategic contestation involving foreign aid. In many traditional OECD donors, aid policy is changing as a result. We report on a survey experiment studying the impacts of rising Chinese aid on public opinion in traditional donors. We randomly treated people with vignettes emphasising China’s rise as an aid donor in the Pacific, a region of substantial geostrategic competition. We used a large, nationally-representative sample of Australians (Australia is the largest donor to the Pacific). As expected, treating participants reduced hostility to aid and increased support for more aid focused on the Pacific. Counter to expectations, however, treatment reduced support for using aid to advance Australian interests. These findings were largely replicated in a separate experiment in New Zealand. Knowledge of Chinese competition changes support for aid, but it does not increase support for using aid as a tool of geostrategy.

scholarly journals REVIEW: Bookshelf: Reading something as flimsy as a novel

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-301
Author(s):  
Michael Field
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Herman Melville ◽  
Salman Rushdie ◽  
Michael Field ◽  
Non Fiction ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
University Of Hawai'i ◽  
The One ◽  
The University ◽  
Us University

In this section of Pacific Journalism Review we ask our regular contributors to pick three books that have played an important part of their academic, professional or writing lives. In this issue, the selection is by veteran Pacific affairs reporter MICHAEL FIELD. Tales of the Tikongs, by Epeli Hau’ofa. Honolulu, US: University of Hawai’i Press. 1994. 104 pages. ISBN 9780824815943. Man Alone, by John Mulgan. Auckland, NZ: Penguin Random House. 1939/2002. 224 pages. ISBN: 9780143020011. Typee, by Herman Melville. Auckland, NZ: Penguin Random House. 1846/2001. 116 pages. ISBN: 9780375757457. NON-FICTION is, mostly, my thing. It takes a bit to persuade me to devote precious book time to something as flimsy as a novel. Yet, at the top of my list of influential books is Epeli Hau’ofa’s Tales of the Tikongs, published in 1994. The one defence for its inclusion in this list is that it never felt like fiction: it was unerringly accurate when it came to the world of Pacific states and foreign aid. Hau’ofa followed it with Kisses in the Nederends in 1995. Five years later, on the Suva campus at the University of the South Pacific, I asked him why his satire ran to only two volumes. He replied that he had no desire to be the Pacific Salman Rushdie.

scholarly journals Bantuan Australia kepada Kiribati melalui Program Kiribati Australia Nursing Initiative (KANI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Dewi Nawar Sri Juita ◽  
Baiq L. S. W. Wardhani
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Australian Government ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Big Brother ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Scholarship Program ◽  
Rising Sea Levels ◽  
Regional Australia

Kiribati merupakan salah satu negara yang terletak di Kepulauan Pasifik yang rentan dengan banjir karena kenaikan permukaan air laut dan diperkirakan akan tenggelam pada tahun 2050. Selain itu, Kiribati juga dihadapkan oleh permasalahan domestik, seperti pengangguran dan kemiskinan. Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut, pemerintah Kiribati berupaya untuk membentuk kebijakan yang dikenal dengan “migration with dignity” dengan meningkatkan program pendidikan dan keterampilan. Untuk mendukung kebijakan tersebut, pemerintah Australia sebagai negara tetangga Kiribati, memberikan bantuan berupa beasiswa kepada masyarakat Kiribati dalam bentuk program beasiswa pendidikan geratis di bidang keperawatan dan memberikan kesempatan bagi masyarakat Kiribati yang telah lulus program tersebut untuk bekerja langsung di Australia. Bantuan beasiswa ini dikenal dengan Kiribati Australia Nursing Initiative (KANI). Penelitian ini menjawab pertanyaan faktor-faktor yang menjadi motif Australia dalam membantu Kiribati. Penelitian ini berupa studi kepustakaan dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif, mengumpulkan data dari buku, internet, dan artikel ilmiah. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa KANI merupakan program beasiswa yang tidak saja menguntungkan Kiribati sebagai negara penerima, tetapi juga menguntungkan Australia sebagai negara pemberi bantuan luar negeri. Self-interest Australia yang dominan dalam program KANI adalah kebutuhannya pada kekurangan tenaga kerja pada sektor kesehatan akibat terbatasnya sumber daya manusia dalam memenuhi kebutuhan tersebut, sekaligus untuk memenuhi tugas regional Australia sebagai ‘big brother’ di Pasifik. Kata kunci: Australia, bantuan luar negeri, KANI, Kiribati Kiribati is a nation in the Pacific Island that is exposed to flooding due to rising sea levels and is expected to sink by 2050. In addition, Kiribati is also faced domestic problems such as unemployment and poverty. To solve the problems, Kiribati government seeks to establish a policy known as "migration with dignity" by improving education and skills programs. To support this policy, Australian government as a neighboring country of Kiribati, provides scholarship assistance to the Kiribati community in the form of free education scholarship programs in the field of nursing and provides opportunities for kiribati citizen who have passed the program to work directly in Australia. This scholarship assistance is known as Kiribati Australia Nursing Initiative (KANI). This study answers the question of Australia's motive in helping Kiribati. This research is in the form of literature studies using qualitative methods, collecting data from books, the internet, journals and scientific articles. The result showed that KANI is a scholarship program that not only benefits Kiribati as a receiving country, but also benefits Australa as a foreign aid provider. Australia's dominant self-interest in KANI program is its need for workforce shortages in the health sector due to limited human resources in meeting those needs, as well as to fulfill Australia's regional duty as a 'big brother' in the Pacific. Keywords: Australia, foreign aid, KANI, Kiribati

scholarly journals Interpreting Indonesia’s “Look East” Policy: The Security Dimension of Foreign Aid

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (03) ◽  
pp. 2040010
Author(s):  
BAIQ WARDHANI ◽  
VINSENSIO DUGIS
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Foreign Aid ◽  
Development Assistance Committee ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Pacific Region ◽  
National Integration ◽  
Horizontal Cooperation ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The Government

As Indonesia’s economy gradually improves, the government has been actively promoting its horizontal cooperation among developing countries by playing a prominent role as a non-DAC (Development Assistance Committee) provider. Though the country has been receiving aid over the past two decades, it has also been providing to other developing countries in the Pacific region. However, Indonesia’s relations with these countries face contention due to it being perceived as “big and aggressive.” This is evident in its decision to oppose the independence of Papua. After decades of seeking good relations, Jakarta has opened its Eastern door by creating a closer link with the Pacific countries through the provision of aid. As it moved from ignorance to awareness, Indonesia’s approach was aimed at solving domestic problems related to its national integration and territorial integrity in the east, particularly the issue of Papuan independence. The country made use of aid as its primary diplomatic tool in its “Look East” policy. This paper investigates the extent to which this policy has been instrumental in rebuilding, restoring, and improving Indonesia’s image among Pacific countries. It argues that the ethnic dimension is one of the critical determinants in diplomatic relations, and ignorance could lead to its failure. Furthermore, it shows that the use of aid has resulted in a constructive impact that has been evident in a decrease in support for Papua separatism in the South Pacific region.

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