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PSDI helps Pacific countries achieve sustainable and inclusive economic growth by improving their business environments.

Reforms supported by PSDI reduce constraints to doing business, incentivize entrepreneurship and investment, foster new business models, and remove barriers to women’s full participation in the economy. This allows the private sector to formalize and grow, which creates jobs, increases tax revenues, and helps lift people out of poverty.

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29 May 2025
Evaluation: Economic Empowerment of Women Focus Area Phase IV

An independent evaluation of the Economic Empowerment of Women (EEOW) focus area under PSDI Phase IV.

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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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19 May 2025
First cohort of Solomon Islands women complete pilot state owned enterprise directors development program

Australia, through the Solomon Islands – Australia Partnership supported a group of Solomon Islands women leaders to complete the inaugural Solomon Islands Women SOE Directors Development Pilot Program in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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9 May 2025
PSDI and SPTO host workshop to support regional tourism gender action plan

Members of PSDI’s Economic Empowerment of Women and Sustainable Tourism teams presented and discussed the findings of the Gender Audit Regional Synthesis Report at the Pacific Tourism Organisation’s (SPTO) Sustainable Tourism Workshop.

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