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August 2021 Vol 47 No 8
CONTENTS

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4 Editor’s note 21 UBS Inquiry: Loan losses quantified

5 View from the West 22 Olympic glory unites nation and the Pacific
6 Briefs 24 Pacific pride at the Tokyo Games
8 Whispers 26 Covering the Olympics

10 The Pacific looks to Glasgow 28 Pivoting Post Fiji
12 France expands Pacific reach 29 What about risk management?
14 Impact investment: Future proofing the 32 Tuilaepa rallies in vain
Pacific 34 Nurturing the seeds of Pacific MSMEs
16 Marshall Islands adapting to a changing 36 Weaving a path to sustainability

world 38 Kava: Brewing a storm
20 West Papua’s struggle for freedom 40 Movers and Shakers

Cover: Fijiana Ana Maria Naimasi in action in
the Olympics Bronze medal match in Tokyo.
Photo: Reuters

French Polynesia .............. CPF500
Australia ....................... AU$6.00
New Zealand .................NZ$10.00
Solomon Islands ............. SL$30.00
Australia ......................AU$10.00 Hawaii ........................US$10.00 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Samoa ............................T10.00
Niue ...........................NZ$10.00
Hawaii ......................... US$6.00
Cook Islands ..................NZ$10.00 Kiribati ........................AU$10.00 New Zealand .................. NZ$6.00 Solomon Islands ............. SL$20.00
Tonga .............................P10.00
Cook Islands ................... NZ$6.00
Tuvalu .........................AU$10.00
FSM ............................US$10.00 Marshall Islands .............US$10.00 Niue ............................ NZ$6.00 Tonga .............................P10.00
Federated States of Micronesia ......
Kiribati ......................... AU$6.00
Palau ..........................US$10.00
US$6.00
Marshall Islands .............. US$6.00
Vanuatu ........................
Fiji Islands.......................F$8.00 Nauru .........................AU$10.00 Palau ........................... US$6.00 Tuvalu .......................... AU$6.00 Vatu500
Papua New Guinea .............K15.00
Nauru .......................... AU$6.00
Fiji Islands.......................F$4.35
Samoa ............................T12.00
French Polynesia .............. CPF500 New Caledonia ................ CPF500 Papua New Guinea .............K10.00 Vanuatu ........................ Vatu500
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