The Pacific Operations Centre aims to achieve poverty alleviation through income and employment generation for vulnerable groups, with a specific focus on youths and women. Particular attention will be given to the tourism sector as it is a large employer in the Pacific region with ample room for growth.

Key partners of the Centre are the ILO Pacific Office , Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre (PFTAC / IMF) , UNDP Pacific Centre, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat PIFS, South-pacific.travel (formerly South Pacific Tourism Organisation)

Publications and Tools

• Small Islands Developing States Series No.1: Improving Employment Opportunities in Pacific Islands Developing Countries - ST/ESCAP/2480

  
  

• Papers presented to the Special Body on Pacific Island Developing Countries
  • Economic and social policies to address labour market trends in Pacific island developing countries and territories E/ESCAP/SB/PIDC(10)/1 (2008)
  • Creation of employment and income-earning opportunities for vulnerable groups in the Pacific - E/ESCAP/SB/PIDC(9)/1 (2006)
  • Sustainable Tourism Development Issues in Pacific Island Countries - E/ESCAP/SB/PIDC(7)/2 (2002)
  • Sustainable Transport and Tourism Development in the Pacific, E/ESCAP/SB/PIDC(6)/1 (2000)
  • Youth Employment Issues in Pacific Island Countries E/ESCAP/SB/PIDC(5)/1 (1998)
• ESCAP Tourism Review No. 23: Ecotourism Development in the Pacific Islands
• Asia-Pacific Development Journal
  • “Economic Growth in a Vulnerable Island Nation: an Empirical Study of the Aid-Growth Nexus in Vanuatu”, T.K. Jayaraman and B.D. Ward, Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 13, No. 2, December 2006
  • “The Impact of Foreign Aid on Poverty and Human Well-Being in Papua New Guinea”, Simon Feeny, Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 10, No. 2, December 2003
  • “Small Islands' Quest for Economic Development”, Naren Prasad, Asia-Pacific Development Journal Vol. 10, No. 1, June 2003
• Economic and Social Survey for Asia and the Pacific
• Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific
• Regional Reports

• Workshop on Expanding the Role of Tourism in Poverty Reduction, Tonga, 24 October 2007.
  
• ILO/UNESCAP Expert Group Meeting on Labour Markets in Pacific SIDS, 4-5 June 2007
• Seminar on Planning for Community Tourism Initiatives in Pacific Island Countries, Suva, Fiji, 2004
• Seminar on Sustainable Development of Ecotourism in Pacific Island Countries, Suva, Fiji, 2001