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Managing Director / Publisher A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
Netani Rika
How do we build on some of the lessons of COVID is one of the questions we ask in
Managing Editor
Samantha Magick our feature on agriculture in the Pacific this month. In an environment where there is
a (global) narrative that ‘we’re not going to be able to produce enough food,’ as the
Pacific Community’s Karen Mapusua notes, “there is a risk to going back to business
as usual.”
But for the sake of our climate resilience and health—particularly given our non-
communicable diseases load—it’s critical that we build on the resilience Pacific Island
Designer
farmers demonstrated through the pandemic.
Dick Lee
Why we persist with Gross National Income (GNI) as the key measure of development is
Contributors another question we explore in the wake of the recent UN Least Developed Countries
Graham Everett Leung (LDC) conference in Qatar.
Janet Lowata We look at a Multi-dimensional Vulnerability Index as an alternative, particularly for
Nic Maclellan climate vulnerable nations of the Pacific. Those countries due to ‘graduate’ from
Kite Pareti LDC status in the next few years are looking to the experiences of their Pacific
Nikki Richardson neighbours, where a set back in GNI can be the result of a single severe cyclone, with
Rowena Singh consequences for their access to international finance and development assistance.
Kaliopate Tavola
And as we do with each issue of Islands Business, we highlight successes and
Sera Tiktotikovatu-Sefeti innovations, such as the well-established and trailblazing tourism businesses such as
Ariela Zibiah Jay White’s Sigatoka River Safari.
On a macro, regional level, we find out what collective work is being done to address
the issue of loss of correspondent banking and financial inclusion in our feature on
the banking sector.
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