Pacific Anti-Corruption Updates (17 October 2020): Solomon Islands, Fiji, PNG

SOLOMON ISLANDS :

Integrity Should Not be For Sale: Solomon Islands Youth Entrepreneur. Solomon Islands youth entrepreneurs have a key role to play in tackling corruption and building business integrity as the country strengthens its economy and tackles COVID-19, according to local participants of the three-day Business Integrity for Youth Entrepreneurs Workshop.

https://www.solomontimes.com/feature/integrity-should-not-be-for-sale-solomon-islands-youth-entrepreneur/535

 

FIJI :

‘High level corruption in markets’. There is a high level of corruption in Fiji’s municipal markets, says Local Government Minister Premila Kumar.

https://www.fijitimes.com/high-level-corruption-in-markets/

 

PNG:

Papua New Guinea faces an infrastructure crisis—thanks to shoddy work and opaque deals (Commentary). Since I raised serious questions about the transparency, or lack of it, in Asian Development Bank–funded projects in Papua New Guinea, I have been deluged with highly credible information that highlights not just the failure of the ADB when it comes to transparency, but also the record of Australia’s development program, the World Bank and the PNG government itself.

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/papua-new-guinea-faces-an-infrastructure-crisis-thanks-to-shoddy-work-and-opaque-deals/