Raisina Dialogue 2024 | Desecuritising Development Resilience in the Indo-Pacific | The Indo-Pacific region is not merely or even primarily about security contestation. It is the location where battles for climate action and sustainable development will be won. Countries in the region—including small island developing states – face challenges of adaptation to climate change and excessive vulnerability to economic shocks. Food and fuel inflation have strained livelihoods and reduced governments’ ability to finance development. Investing in community resilience, from health to local infrastructure, needs a new, de-securitised paradigm.

What financial instruments and models could mobilise resources that mitigate health risks, including those exacerbated by climate change?

How can coalitions be built between like-minded countries that leverage shared geopolitical trust into longer-term investments in sustainable development and resilient supply chains?

Are there positive examples of knowledge-sharing initiatives and capacity-building programmes in the region that can empower stakeholders?

Launch of Report: Regional Integration in the Indo-Pacific: Connectivity, Cooperation and New Supply-Chain Linkages

Briefing on report by: Tetsuya Watanabe, President, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia

Scene Setter: Do Hung Viet, Deputy Foreign Minister, Vietnam

Speakers:
Änjali Kaur, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia - United States Agency for International Development, United States
Dulciana Somare-Brash, Development Specialist, DevCom Pacific (PNG) Ltd, Papua New Guinea
Emmanuel Baudran, Global Head of Infrastructure, Agence Française de Développement, France
Kate O’Shaughnessy, Research Director, Perth USAsia Centre, Australia
Osamu Yamamoto, Chief Executive Officer, Unison Capital Management, Japan

Moderator: Anita Prakash, Director for Policy Relations, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia

This discussion took place under the Sustainable Finance in the Indo-Pacific (SUFIP) Development Network.

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