MANILA, PHILIPPINES (8 July 2026) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its growth forecast for developing Asia and the Pacific economies to 4.9% for 2026 compared to 5.5% growth in 2025. This is a reduction of 0.2 percentage points from April projections. Prolonged disruptions to energy markets caused by the Middle East conflict […]
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The Ocean does not divide the Pacific; it defines how it endures
By Ngeldei Tulop In the long stretches of ocean that separate island communities, the Pacific reveals its realities with quiet consistency. Distance is not just geography—it is cost, time, and vulnerability. It is reflected in the price of a single shipment of fuel crossing thousands of kilometres, and in the delays that ripple outward until […]
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Migration is good for the Pacific
By Stephen Howes CANBERRA, 23 MARCH 2026 (DEVPOLICY.ORG) —The debate over whether migration is a positive or negative for the Pacific is a long-standing one. Bernard Poirine’s 1995 paper “Should we love or hate MIRAB” set out both sides of the argument, and why he thought both migration and foreign aid were positives for the […]