Research and Policy Briefs -

Recipients of the New Zealand Postgraduate Development Research Awards are required to submit a policy brief within six months of completing their research.

The target audience for the briefs are New Zealand development policy makers (specifically MFAT), and other New Zealand and international development organisations.

While the requirement for developing the brief is primarily to help students develop policy and research application skills, quality policy briefs may also be used by MFAT and distributed to other development agencies.

See below a selection of recently completed briefs that have been submitted by previous award recipients

The views expressed in these Briefs are entirely those of the award holders and do not necessarily reflect the position of DevNet, the New Zealand Government, the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade or any other party.

Kia Rauka I Te Turanga Memeitaki no te Iti tangata Anuanua o te Kuki Airani-Towards attaining holistic wellbeing for the Rainbow community of the Cook IslandsDownload

Valentino (Valery) Wichman – Massey University

An investigation into the strategies employed by Samoa’s indigenous fishing industry to manage and mitigate the adverse impacts of climate changeDownload

Louis Morrell – Massey University

Culturally Appropriate Motivation to Reduce the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the iTaukeiDownload

Improving the Quality of Life on Remote Outer Islands:
Actor-Centred Insights from Southern Lau, Fiji Download

Esala Vakamacawai – University of Canterbury

Kim Andreas Kessler – University of Otago

Beneficiary engagement in social entrepreneurship: Perspectives on social value creation through the lens of care ethicsDownload

Diana Lorenzo-Afable – Auckland University of Technology

The impact of remittances on monetary transmission mechanisms in remittance-recipient countries: with focus on credit and exchange rate channelsDownload

Jahan Abdul Raheem – Waikato University