The problems and the difficulties are such that one cannot approach and derive a solvable position in many cases unless one takes a non traditional and non conventional approach to problem solving. This calls for innovative thinking. Our problems in the Pacific are fairly similar. We are small island countries that are dispersed over a wide area of sea.
Our economic growth rates are generally low, we do not have many resources nor do we have the large population mass (Papua New Guinea would be an exception of course). All our problems require us, as Pacific Islanders, to be innovative thinkers and to think beyond the traditional and conventional norms of doing things in order to succeed.