The Year ahead 2023
THE WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN 2023 Global growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions...
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The Business Sector 2022 YEAR IN REVIEW
Vanuatu started 2022 with uncertainty on what the year ahead would bring. There was the ongoing issues of dealing with COVID, the rollout of vaccines and businesses...
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V-LAB BUSINESS INCUBATOR 3RD ANNIVERSARY
V-LAB – Helping Grow Vanuatu 3 years ago, in November 2019, V-Lab was established in Port-Vila as a charitable association with the view to promote and support...
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SNAP ELECTION 2022 NEW GOVERNMENT, NEW DIRECTIONS OR BUSINESS AS USUAL
2022 Snap Election overview The final results of the 2022 snap election were release on Sunday evening of the 23rd October. 14 out of the 52 sitting Members of...
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National Airline or National Burden??
Do we need a National Airline? I was recently sitting in the departure lounge at the international terminal waiting to board the plane for Brisbane. At check-in, I...
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Half Yearly Economic and Fiscal Update 2022
In July, the Vanuatu Govt published its half-yearly Economic and Fiscal Update. The published report outlines the state of the Economy and how the Vanuatu Government...
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The Vanuatu Employment Conundrum
Arguably, employees of any organization are the most valuable resource in an organization. Productive, motivated and well remunerated staff are behind any successful...
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Air Vanuatu’s Plans for Reconnecting Vanuatu
As Vanuatu prepares to reconnect to the rest of the world following the government announcement of border opening on 1st of July, there’s a lot of speculation about...
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UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF RURAL TOURISM
From staring into the depths of an active volcano, to swimming with dugongs, to tramping through lush rainforests, to simply lying on a beach, the pristine and...
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Business Lockdown
On 04 March 2022, an active COVID-19 case was confirmed at Vila Central Hospital who had no travel history, indicating transmission at community level. On 6 march a...
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The Vanuatu Agriculture Revolution
In March, due to the threat posed by COVID-19, the Vanuatu Government closed its borders and in doing so, closed down the Tourism Sector. At the beginning of April,...
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VANUATU TOURISM POST COVID-19
istry of Health released its Road Map for the Safe Reopening of Borders in December 2021. It outlined a proposed 3-Phase approach for the re-opening of Vanuatu’s...
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Unleashing the potential of the kava industry
The kava industry is arguably Vanuatu’s most important and interesting sector. According to data from the 2020 National Population & Housing Census it provides income...
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YEAR 2021 IN REVIEW
As we look ahead to 2022, the Vanuatu Business Review has selected a few stories from our archive to reflect on the year that has just past. Whilst there have been...
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Why everyone should stop calling Vanuatu a tax haven
Low taxes don’t make tax havens. Secrecy does. As long as Vanuatu embraces financial transparency, it should not be called a tax haven. By Martin St-Hilaire Ever...
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Current Business Outlook
and the impacts of COVID 19
The Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has published a research report on the impacts of COVID-19 on business. This research report was a follow up on...
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The Pandora Papers compound the absurdity of Vanuatu’s blacklisting by the European Union
Released on October 3rd, the Pandora Papers revealed to the world how the rich and powerful shelter huge amounts of money from tax in places ranging from the British...
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VANUATU SHIPPING CRISIS PRICES SOAR
Vanuatu is an island nation which is heavily reliant on inbound shipping. Fuel, construction materials, motor vehicles, processed food, are many items that are...
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