Integrated Sustainability Analysis
@ The University of Sydney

Deveraux Talagi

Current position: Development Economist, Economic Planning Development and Statistics Unit, Premiers Office, Niue Government

Deveraux graduated with a BA in Economics and Information Systems from the University of the South Pacific (USP) in 2010. In January 2010 he joined the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) Natural Resource Governance as a junior (resource) economist. During the one year he was there he co-authored a desktop study based generally on the suitability and sustainability of desalination technology as a solution to chronic water shortages in the Pacific as well as an economic assessment on Drinking Water Safety Planning on Niue. As part of his commitments with SOPAC he is also currently in the process of preparing an economic study for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) on energy efficiency and conservation to enhance sustainability focusing on Tonga, Samoa, Palau, Marshall Islands and Vanuatu. In Feb 2011 he took up a position in Niue with the Economic Planning Development and Statistics Unit in the Premiers Office in the Niue Government, which is where he is currently located providing support as a Development Economist.

Deveraux Talagi

Links

• Niue Government
• SOPAC
• SPC

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