Page 3 - Islands Business March 2023

March Vol 49 No 3

CONTENTS

15 17 28 22

5 Editor’s Note 22 The power of relationships

6 Briefs Sigatoka River Safari’s Jay Whyte
24 Growing insurance in the Pacific
8 Whispers
25 EIB to deepen Pacific footprint
13 Building a vision for Pacific agriculture
Ensuring a sustainable food basket for the 26 Banking: A regional overview
region 28 Vunivalu of Bau installed after 33 year
14 Noni juice inching closer to exports wait
Progress towards having fermented noni juice
declared safe for export 30 Opinion: 2050 Strategy is essentially
15 A sacred crop affected by climate change political
Climate change threatens the commercial 32 Longer timeframes in development
success of kava in Vanuatu Short-term project cycles are failing island
17 Measuring vulnerability for development communities
Traditional measures of development don’t 34 Movers and Shakers
capture Pacific vulnerabilities 36 Sprigga Mek soars with conscious rap
20 Correspondent banking danger persists

21 Investing for tourism growth
Previewing the Fiji Tourism Investment
Summit

American Samoa ............US$10.00 French Polynesia .............. CPF500 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T12.00
Australia ....................... AU$6.00
French Polynesia .............. CPF500
Solomon Islands ............. SL$30.00
New Zealand .................NZ$10.00
Australia ......................AU$10.00 Guam..........................US$10.00 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T10.00
Hawaii ......................... US$6.00
Cook Islands ................... NZ$6.00
Tonga .............................P10.00
Niue ...........................NZ$10.00
CNMI ..........................US$10.00 Hawaii ........................US$10.00 New Zealand .................. NZ$6.00 Solomon Islands ............. SL$20.00
Kiribati ......................... AU$6.00
Federated States of Micronesia ......
Palau ..........................US$10.00
Tuvalu .........................AU$10.00
Cook Islands ..................NZ$10.00 Kiribati ........................AU$10.00 Niue ............................ NZ$6.00 Tonga .............................P10.00
Marshall Islands .............. US$6.00
US$6.00
FSM ............................US$10.00 Marshall Islands .............US$10.00 Palau ........................... US$6.00 Tuvalu .......................... AU$6.00
Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
Papua New Guinea .............K15.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$4.35
Nauru .......................... AU$6.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$8.00 Nauru .........................AU$10.00 Papua New Guinea .............K10.00 Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
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