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Disaster planning in the Pacific: insurance industry can help

19 Aug 2015 by Leave a Comment
Asian Development Bank analysis showing just how vulnerable Pacific nations are to natural disasters, but what can be done to better manage the risk? Wayne Dorgan from leading Papua New Guinea insurer Pacific MMI calls on disaster co-ordinators in the region to consult more closely with the insurance industry.
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Plenty of growth yet in China for Papua New Guinea business

22 Jul 2015 by 2 Comments
China's economy has promising prospects even as it adapts to a ‘new normal’ stage of its economic development. So what impact will a lower Chinese growth rate have on Papua New Guinea? Business Advantage PNG asks three regional analysts.
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Sharp rise in Papua New Guinea visitor arrivals expected: TPA

24 Jun 2015 by 1 Comment
Papua New Guinean tourism operators flew the flag in Australia last weekend at the South Pacific Tourism Exchange at Melbourne’s Convention and Exhibition Centre. Robert Upe reports visitor arrivals are expected to rise, due in part to cruise ships improving tourists' perceptions of PNG.
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PACER-Plus could boost Pacific nations’ incomes by more than US$50 billion a year, says trade adviser

17 Jun 2015 by 3 Comments
For the last six years, officials from 14 member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum have been negotiating with Australia and New Zealand to set up a free trade agreement, known as PACER-Plus. The Pacific’s Chief Trade Adviser on PACER-Plus is Ghanian-born Australian, Dr Edwini Kessie, who tells Business Advantage PNG that labour mobility and the future of development assistance are two key stumbling blocks.
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Meet the Pacific’s new man in Beijing

10 Jun 2015 by Leave a Comment
David Morris is the Pacific’s new Trade Commissioner to Beijing. He talks to Business Advantage PNG about the changing nature of China's economy and the trade and investment opportunities for the Pacific Islands that can arise from being part of China's new ‘Maritime Silk Road’.
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China and India’s growing business links with Papua New Guinea and the Pacific

26 Nov 2014 by 1 Comment
Pacific leaders have been the recipients of largesse from India’s Prime Minister and China’s President, who met in Fiji last week. Meanwhile, a new ANZ report details the increasingly close links between China's aid and its investment in the Pacific.
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