This report analyses issues and possibilities for a new Pacific regionalism, in the context of the commitment of Pacific Island Forum leaders to create a Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration.  The report discusses different objectives for regionalism (including provision of services and market integration) and notes that varied approaches and sub-regional groupings will be appropriate to meet different objectives. Initial assessments of possible regional initiatives are presented under the proposed four pillars of the Pacific Plan.  The report also discusses the political economy issues for creating a new Pacific regionalism.

The report is published in three volumes:

Acronyms and Abbreviations, Preface, Foreword and Executive Summary

Chapter 1: The Basis for the ADB-Commonwealth Study

Chapter 2: Challenges Facing the Region

Chapter 3: The Economics of Clubs

Chapter 4: Three Types of Regionalism

Chapter 5: Priority Sectors for Regional Action

Chapter 6: The Political Economy of Change

Appendixes

Working Papers Commissioned by ADB/Commonwealth Secretariat for the Report: Toward a New Pacific Regionalism
Defining and Measuring the Four Pillars
Growth in the Pacific Islands
Smallness and “External” Constraints on Growth
Club Theory-Basic Concepts and Conclusions and a Technical Summary
The Economic Optimality of the “Pacific Way”
Selected Excerpts from Forum Communiques 1980-2004
Lessons in regionalism from Other Regions
Economic Arguments for Regional Service Provision
Case Studies in Regional Integration and Cooperation from Other Regions
Conceptual Basis for Measuring Costs and Benefits

References

An Assessment of the Scope for Regional Cooperation, Integration and Collective Provision on Security Issues
Graham Hassall, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

Notes on the Economic Performance of Small States 1995-2003
Thomas Sampson, Research and Analysis Unit, Bank of Papua New Guinea, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the University of the South Pacific to the Region
Prof. Michael White, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency: Benefits and Costs
Michael Hyndman, Pacific Plan Office, Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji Islands

Retrospective Cost-Benefit Analyses of Air Pacific and Pacific Forum Line
Jesoni Vitusagavulu, Top Tier Management, Suva, Fiji Islands

Quantitative Assessment of the Cost of Governance Failure in Fiji Islands, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
Prof. Ron Duncan, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

Valuation of Imports into Fiji Islands, Kiribati, and Papua New Guinea and Avoidance of Customs Duty
Prof. Ron Duncan, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

A Pacific Regional Panel of Auditors: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Prof. Michael White, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

A Permanent Economic and Statistical Technical Assistance Body for the Pacific Island Countries
Prof. Ron Duncan, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

Benefit-Cost Analysis of a Pacific Regional Nurse Training Facility
Prof. Ron Duncan, Pacific Institute of Advanced Studies in Development and Governance, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

A Regional Sports Institute: Preliminary Cost-Benefit Investigation
Secretariat, Oceania National Olympic Committees, Suva, Fiji Islands

Pacific Islands Police Peacekeeping Operations: a Cost-Benefit Analysis
Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police, Suva, Fiji Islands

Small Island States Bulk Procurement of Petroleum Products: Feasibility Study
Jared Morris, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji Islands

A Regional Statistics Office for the Pacific
Michael Andrews, Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre, Suva, Fiji Islands

Costs and Benefits of Deregulating Telecommunication Markets in the Pacific
Professor James McMaster, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji Islands

A Regional International Property Rights Office for the South Pacific: Cost-Benefit Analysis
Susan Farquhar, Consultant, Intellectual Property Services

The Impact of Liberalizing Labour Mobility in the Pacific Region
Terrie L. Walmsley, S. Amer Ahmed, and Christopher Parsons Global Trade Analysis Project (University of Purdue, United States and University of Sussex, United Kingdom)

Aid to the Pacific Past, Present and Future
Thomas Sampson, Research and Analysis Unit, Bank of Papua New Guinea Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea

Source: Asian Development Bank