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20 May 2025
Papua New Guinea Hosts First Judicial Colloquium on Domestic and International Arbitration

Senior judges in Papua New Guinea gathered in Port Moresby for a landmark Judicial Colloquium on International and Domestic Arbitration, hosted by the PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence with support from the Government of Australia through PSDI.

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21 February 2025
Upgraded Registry Makes Doing Business Simpler, Faster, and Less Expensive in Tonga—ADB

Tonga now has an upgraded online business, foreign investment, and personal property securities registry, developed by the Ministry of Trade and Economic Development, with the support of the Asian Development Bank's Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative.

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11 October 2024
Cook Islands Launches New International Business Registry to Strengthen AML/CFT Compliance—PSDI

The Cook Islands Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) has launched a secure and state-of-the-art registry for international entities, developed by the Asian Development Bank’s Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI), with support from the Government of Australia.

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1 August 2024
Women’s Business Leadership is Growing in the Pacific, but Significant Gender Gaps Persist

The proportion of women in business leadership in the Pacific is steadily increasing, but persistent barriers slow the ideal rate of progress, according to a new report published today by the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI).

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24 July 2024
Cost Savings Will Grow as Renewable Energy Investment Increases—PSDI

Pacific island countries have ambitious targets to increase their investments in renewable energy, which will reduce electricity generation costs and improve supply reliability, according to a new policy paper published today by the Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative.

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14 March 2024
PSDI Launches New Gender-Inclusive Private Sector Framework for the Pacific

There is growing awareness that promoting women’s economic empowerment makes good business sense. Yet legal, regulatory, and policy barriers persist that prevent women’s full participation in the private sector, according to PSDI's new gender-inclusive private sector framework, published today.

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