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Apisalome Movono

Dr Apisalome Movono is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at Massey University.

Apisalome is the co-founder of the Laucala Beach Sustainability Society which works for the restoration and protection of the Laucala Beach Ring-Ditch Fortification site.

He has authored a number of conference papers, book chapters, and journal articles. He was awarded an East-West Centre Fellowship in 2019, and completed a World Bank Pacific Ocean Finance Fellowship in March 2020

His work seeks to create an understanding of Pacific Island people and to find solutions and long-term strategies for the many challenges Pacific Islanders face.

Culture as a foundation for development in the Pacific

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Apisalome Movono - 17 Jun 2022

Culture as a foundation for development in the Pacific

For too long, development partners in the Pacific have looked at customary systems as a barrier, when they should see it as the key to success, Apisalome Movono and…

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The Pacific’s pandemic entrepreneurialism

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Apisalome Movono - 31 May 2022

The Pacific’s pandemic entrepreneurialism

Pacific communities have been adaptable and innovative in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but with some support they could do even more, Regina Scheyvens and Apisalome Movono write. The…

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