Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1984Vol. 55, No. 2

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• PACIFIC OUTLOOK, 1984 The West is now q recovering very quickly from the world-wide recession ** of 1982-83. What is in store for the smaller countries of the Pacific? A special PIM report starts with the views of South Pacific Trade Commissioner, Bill McCabe • PIM’S CORRESPONDENTS ON THE SPOT report a their findings on the region’s 1984 economic pros- 1 1 pects • THE PACIFIC still has distant frontiers and remote oo corners. The Pettini brothers from Rome, travel almost constantly, seeking them out. Their fascinating diary, starting a new series in PIM, begins in this issue

• KAVA MOVES INTO MEDICINE the Pacific’s O? most notable ceremonial drink now has good export possibilities, and benefits for Western medicine. Julie- Ann Ellis reports from Vanuatu • INDEPENDENCE FROM UNCLE SAM . . brings 29 the prospect of problems for Micronesia . . . and great aid riches. Floyd Takeuchi reports • A FASCINATING NEW BOOK reveals Irian Jaya as 07 never before. Denis Reinhardt’s review tells the story

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