In March 2016, Fiamē Naomi Mata‘afa was the first woman appointed to the position of deputy prime minister of Samoa. Following in the tradition of Pacific Islands Portraits, we provide a short life history of Fiamē, ...
Jayaraman, T. K.; Choong, Chee-Keong; Ravinesh Kumar, Ronald(PERSPECTIVES ON GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, 2011)
In the context of the current recession in industrialized countries and the resultant dim prospects for exports from small Pacific island countries, mobilization of foreign exchange earnings assumes considerable importance. ...
Student attrition in the first year at university is a global issue. This article reports on a study of 143 first-year students from the Faculty of Education (FoE) at the National University of Samoa. While students appeared ...
E. Charlton, Karen; Russell, Joanna; Gorman, Emma(BMC Public Health, 2016)
Background: Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) face a double burden of disease, with a high prevalence of household food insecurity and childhood micronutrient deficiencies, accompanied by a burgeoning increase ...
In this article I draw examples from the broader terrain of academic and popular literature, news media, television, and film to explore questions regarding representations of Samoans, and especially Samoan men, in the ...
Kell, L. T.; Mosqueira, I.; Grosjean, P. ...et.al.(2007-03)
The FLR framework (Fisheries Library for R) is a development effort directed towards the evaluation of fisheries management strategies. The overall goal is to develop a common framework to facilitate collaboration within ...