Pacific island countries are deficient in policymaking towards regional integration, trade negotiations and to address environmental issues. There are a number of reasons for this including deficient institutional infrastructure, small population, geographical isolation and labour migration....

When the Pacific Islands Forum was established in 1971, regional economic integration was high on the policy agenda. Over the four decades since, a political commitment to regional integration has waxed and waned. This paper explores past and present prospects for economic cooperation through...