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Aiding or Abetting? Dilemmas of foreign aid and political instability in the Melanesian Pacific

14 Mar 2005

Since independence, the self-governing nations of Melanesia - Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Vanuatu - have been the recipients of a steady flow of foreign aid. Between 1995 and 1999 average per capita aid to Melanesia was US$73, three times that to Sub-Saharan Africa and 35 times aid to India.

Authors

Oli Brown

Published in
Canada