Knowledge Centre : Pacific Focus : Social and cultural issues : Page 2
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- The Church in Samoa
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A critical examination of the Church's role in community development - could the Church be doing more? (Tolu Muliaina, Just Change, July 2006)
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/jc6tolu.pdf
(Added: Tue Aug 01 2006 Hits: 141)
- The Con/Dominion of Vanuatu? Paying the Price of Investment and Land Liberalisation - a case study of Vanuatu's Tourism Industry (pdf)
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Tourism is a large and growing industry for many Pacific Island nations. The tourist industry has both costs and benefits for countries which choose to seek the tourist dollar. Good governance of the industry involves optimising the benefits to local people and the economy, while minimising social, environmental and cultural costs. However, the ability to regulate in this way could be constrained or even removed by commitments in international trade deals, for example, those made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) at the WTO. The following case study shows that the industry has far more costs and fewer benefits than it should for local people and the Vanuatu economy. (Claire Slatter, Oxfam, August 2006)
http://www.oxfam.org.nz/imgs/whatwedo/mtf/vanuatu_tourism.pdf
(Added: Fri Aug 11 2006 Hits: 386)
- The Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP)
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Established in 1980, the Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) of the East-West Centre conducts a broad range of activities to enhance the quality of life in the Pacific islands. As Secretariat to the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) and its Standing Committee, PIDP provides professional services and research information to island governments.
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/pidp-ab.asp
(Added: Tue Dec 11 2001 Modified: Thu Jun 29 2006 Hits: 255)
- The Pacific Youth Bureau (PYB)
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The Pacific Youth Bureau (PYB), formerly the Youth and Adult Education Programme of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, is one of several Programmes within the Socio-Economic Resources Division of SPC based at Headquarters in Noumea, New Caledonia. The Pacific Youth Bureau coordinates the implementation, monitoring and review of the Pacific Youth Strategy 2005 which aims at creating and maintaining genuine opportunities for young people to play an active role in the economic, social, cultural and spiritual development of their societies.
(Added: Tue Apr 09 2002 Modified: Thu Nov 01 2007 Hits: 231)
- The PRIDE Project
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The PRIDE Project seeks to enhance student learning in fifteen Pacific countries by strengthening the capacity of each Ministry of Education (or equivalent) to plan and deliver quality basic education. The PRIDE Project defines basic education as all education provisions for children and youth except higher education. It includes early childhood, elementary, primary and secondary education, together with Technical & Vocational Education & Training (TVET), and covers both the formal and non-formal sectors.
http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=pride
(Added: Thu Jan 12 2006 Hits: 198)
- Weaving Together and Development
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Community participation coupled with traditional concepts of spirituality come together to form a model for local community development in Fiji. (Eleanor Sanderson, Just Change, July 2006)
http://www.dev-zone.org/downloads/jc6eleanor.pdf
(Added: Tue Aug 01 2006 Modified: Tue Aug 29 2006 Hits: 90)
- Why religion, race, and gender matter in Pacific politics [pdf]
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Why does religion matter in the Pacific region?: because Christianity is neither foreign nor imposed, but an indigenised daily spiritual experience and a powerful ritual practice. Religion and ritual have always been crucial in Pacific societies, and local religious beliefs and practices underpin conversions to Christianity. This article addresses a set of intersecting issues - religion, gender, and 'race' or 'ethnicity' - which loom large in politics and governance throughout the Pacific region. These issues are neglected by exclusively political or economic approaches and are often played down in international policy and aid discourses as merely social factors. (Development Bulletin, 2002)
http://devnet.anu.edu.au/online%20versions%20pdfs/59/0559Douglas.pdf
(Added: Mon May 08 2006 Modified: Thu Jul 20 2006 Hits: 271)
- Youth for a Sustainable Future
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The largest network empowering Pacific Island youth to engage their communities in achieving the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDG) & other key regional development priorities.
(Added: Fri Aug 18 2006 Hits: 154)
