A significant milestone in the history of Solomon Islands and the South Pacific was marked this week, on 24 July 2023. It was the 20th anniversary of the start of the Regional Assistance Mission ...
https://devpolicy.org/reflecting-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-ramsi-in-solomon-islands-20230726/
Over the past three decades, anti-corruption reforms have become a central part of international post-conflict interventions. From Liberia to Iraq, donor-led interventions have increased funding ...
https://devpolicy.org/long-live-ramsi-peace-building-anti-corruption-in-solomon-islands-20220413/
One of the noticeable features of Australia’s response to the Solomon Islands government’s request for security assistance on 25 November was Scott Morrison’s instinctive desire to broaden ...
https://devpolicy.org/did-new-zealand-put-the-r-into-ramsi-20211214/
About the author/sKaren DowningKaren Downing is Research Communications Coordinator at the Development Policy Centre. ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S KAREN DOWNING Karen Downing is Research Communications C...
https://devpolicy.org/publications/pacific-stories-devpolicy-blog-posts-in-2013-2014/
About the author/sKaren DowningKaren Downing is Research Communications Coordinator at the Development Policy Centre. ABOUT THE AUTHOR/S KAREN DOWNING Karen Downing is Research Communications C...
https://devpolicy.org/publications/debating-ten-years-of-ramsi-2014/
Over the past decade, around the world, the number of anti-corruption agencies (ACAs) – organisations specifically tasked with fighting corruption – has increased significantly. In turn, rese...
https://devpolicy.org/solomon-islands-icac-how-did-it-happen-20210610-1/
In their new book International Intervention and Local Politics, Shahar Hameiri, Caroline Hughes, and Fabio Scarpello have made a useful contribution to current discussions regarding the succes...
https://devpolicy.org/state-building-politics-scale-solomon-islands-20170828/
On 30 June this year, the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) will come to an end after 14 years. RAMSI was deployed in mid-2003 at the invitation of a desperate Solomon Island...
https://devpolicy.org/ramsi-chapter-ends-australias-pacific-story-20170616/
Over recent years, there has been growing focus on ‘political settlements’ entailing state-building operations that purport to ‘share sovereignty’, and thereby address pressing developmen...
https://devpolicy.org/the-fantasy-of-shared-sovereignty-in-solomon-islands-20160217/
Jon Fraenkel was the team leader of an Independent Review Team appointed by the Solomon Islands Government. The report can be found here . This is an edited version of a speech he gave at a cons...
https://devpolicy.org/looking-to-a-future-without-ramsi-20140801-2/