[ANU Pacific.Institute] News and events for mid-February 2013

[Michael Cookson]

Dear PI members,

Upcoming Pacific-related events are listed at: http://pacificinstitute.anu.edu.au/events
(I encourage you all to look there on a regular basis for events).




New posts to Outrigger are listed at: http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute
Individual posts are listed below (as always, we welcome your contributions to Outrigger!)*






	Public Lecture: UN climate change negotiations – The role and influence of the Alliance of Small Island States(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/17/public-lecture-un-climate-change-negotiations-the-role-and-influence-of-the-alliance-of-small-island-states/)
	It’s 2013, And They’re Burning ‘Witches’(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/17/its-2013-and-theyre-burning-witches/)
	World Phonotactics Database (BETA version now online)(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/15/world-phonotactics-database/)
	Book Launch: Ten Canberrans and the Sleeping Crocodile: A travel diary of Timor-Leste(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/15/book-launch-ten-canberrans-and-the-sleeping-crocodile-a-travel-diary-of-timor-leste/)
	Film screening: O Le Tulafale / The Orator(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/15/film-screening-o-le-tulafale-the-orator/)
	Pacific Buzz (Feb. 13): Solomon Is recover | PNG seeks stability | Funding cuts | More(http://devpolicy.org/pacific-buzz-february-13-2013-20130213-2/)
	How Australia’s aid program is helping to pay asylum-seeker bill(http://devpolicy.org/how-australias-aid-program-is-helping-pay-the-asylum-seeker-bill-20130213/)
	A Guide to 1,000 Foraminifera from Southwestern Pacific, New Caledonia (by Jean-Pierre Debenay)(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/12/a-guide-to-1000-foraminifera-from-southwestern-pacific-new-caledonia-by-jean-pierre-debenay/)
	The economic costs of non-communicable diseases in the Pacific Islands(http://devpolicy.org/the-economic-costs-of-non-communicable-diseases-in-the-pacific-islands-20130208/)
	Kastom: Art of Vanuatu (8 February – 16 June 2013)(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/07/kastom-art-of-vanuatu-8-february-16-june-2013/)
	Opportunity calls in the South Pacific(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/02/06/opportunity-calls-in-the-south-pacific/)
	Pacific Buzz (Jan. 30): Fiji elections | ‘Mystery yacht’ | Poverty stagnation in PNG | Cost of NCDs | More(http://devpolicy.org/pacific-buzz-january-30-2013/)
	Fowl or Fish? A submission to the ACIAR Review(http://devpolicy.org/fowl-or-fish-a-submission-to-the-aciar-review-20130129/)
	Fiji’s 2013 budget: on the road to growth?(http://devpolicy.org/fijis-2013-budget-on-the-road-to-growth-20130125/)
	2013 Fiji budget: an analysis(http://devpolicy.org/2013-fiji-government-budget-an-analysis-20120125-2/)
	Pacific catastrophe risk insurance pilot program (World Bank)(http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P133255&cid=3001)
	Governance in PNG: what can donors do?(http://devpolicy.org/governance-in-png-what-can-donors-do-20130124/)
	Aid Buzz (Jan 23): Aid and asylum seekers | Tick for seasonal worker program, at last | Commonwealth funding, but performance? | Australia’s ADB VP | More(http://devpolicy.org/aid-buzz-jan-23-aid-and-asylum-seekers-tick-for-seasonal-worker-program-at-last-commonwealth-funding-but-performance-australias-adb-vp-more-20130123/)
	Small isn’t always beautiful: how smallness undermines public financial management in the Pacific and what to do about it(http://devpolicy.org/small-isnt-always-beautiful-how-smallness-undermines-public-financial-management-in-the-pacific-and-what-to-do-about-it-20130122/)
	UQ ePress new Pacific titles(http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/blogs/pacificinstitute/2013/01/21/uq-epress-new-pacific-titles/)
	China and India in the Fiji equation(http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/01/16/China-and-India-in-the-Fiji-equation.aspx)
	Why the Fiji regime rejected the draft constitution(http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2013/01/15/Why-the-Fiji-regime-rejected-the-draft-constitution.aspx)
	Pacific predictions 2013 – Fiji falters, and more(http://devpolicy.org/pacific-predictions-2013-fiji-falters-and-more-20130115/)
	PNG in 2013: politics, economics, PNG-Australia relations, and Ross Garnaut(http://devpolicy.org/png-in-2013-20120114/)
	What constitutes donor dependence? Health financing in the Pacific(http://devpolicy.org/what-constitutes-donor-dependence-20130109/)
	Increasing Resilience to Climate Change and Natural Hazards in Vanuatu project (World Bank project)(http://web.worldbank.org/external/projects/main?pagePK=64283627&piPK=73230&theSitePK=40941&menuPK=228424&Projectid=P112611&cid=3001)






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