In episode six we dive deep into the crypts of financial management to unearth which statecraft dividends accrue when money is given as loans to governments in the Pacific. Influence is notoriously slippery and crafty in the finance sector - which raises the question of who has the most influence, those who give the money or those who receive it? 
Gordon Peake speaks with Godfree Kaptigau - Freelancer, Peter Heijkoop - Owner, Senior Consultant at Universal Financial Management Solutions, and Maholopa Laveil - FDC Pacific Fellow at the Lowy Institute, seconded from the University of Papua New Guinea.

In episode six we dive deep into the crypts of financial management to unearth which statecraft dividends accrue when money is given as loans to governments in the Pacific. Influence is notoriously slippery and crafty in the finance sector - which raises the question of who has the most influence, those who give the money or those who receive it?  Gordon Peake speaks with Godfree Kaptigau - Freelancer, Peter Heijkoop - Owner, Senior Consultant at Universal Financial Management Solutions, and Maholopa Laveil - FDC Pacific Fellow at the Lowy Institute, seconded from the University of Papua New Guinea.

This podcast takes listeners on a quest to understand what ‘influence’ means and how states are using their tools of statecraft to seek to achieve it in the Pacific Islands region and Timor-Leste.

This podcast takes listeners on a quest to understand what ‘influence’ means and how states are using their tools of statecraft to seek to achieve it in the Pacific Islands region and Timor-Leste.

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