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Welcome To Palau
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Selected MR Agencies
  • Elephants Can't Jump

    Ensuring brand initiatives work in practice as well as in theory. To have marketplace impact, we believe every research assignment should consist of three elements consumer exploration or validation, within a competitive context, generating commercial outputs.
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  • Firefish Ltd

    29 full time staff, operating in all corners of the globe, on all manner of projects. No methodology is squashed to fit. We approach each brief with fresh eyes and minds, to make sure you get the most out of your research, helping your brand move forward.
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  • Grass Roots

    Grass Roots is one of Europe's largest performance improvement companies. Established in 1980, Grass Roots UK is the founding company of a group with offices and partners operating in 15 countries around the world.
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  • DIGITAL-MR

    In addition to Social Media Research (Web Listening) DigitalMRs solutions also include community panels, access panels, Web usability and a distinct focus on qualitativeresearch online.
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An Introduction to Palau

Pacific island nation The Republic of Palau gained its independence on 1st October 1994 via an agreement with the USA, which remains responsible for its defense for 50 years and has until now given it direct financial assistance of around US$27m a year. See full country profile.

Latest Research News from Palau

May 29
Big data analytics firm Kognitio has announced a partnership with data visualisation specialist Advanced Visual Systems, to open up advanced business intelligence, predictive analytics and next-generation decision support systems to corporate and OEM end-users. May 29 2012
May 29
Austin, TX-based online conversation specialist Bazaarvoice is to acquire San Francisco-based PowerReviews, which provides a social media platform for ratings and reviews, for around $152m in cash and stock. May 28 2012


Current jobs in South East Asia (6) including...

'Go Getter' - Boutique Agency, Singapore, $SG 8-11,000 per month plus additional benefits
- Jun 1 2012
Qualitative Principle Consultant, Singapore, $SG 10-12,000 per month
- Jun 1 2012
Asian Fieldwork Services Project Manager, Singapore, $ Competitive
- Jun 1 2012
Know of an MR agency based in Palau? We don't - please get in touch


Fast Facts
Map of Palau
CAPITAL: Melekeok
GOVERNMENT: Democratic Republic
AREA: 459 sq km
POPULATION: 20,842 (July 2007 est.)
MAJOR LANGUAGE: English, Palauan
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Pearl of the Pacific: Palau is among the world's most spectacular diving and snorkelling destinations, says Lonely Planet, with 'some outright miracles of evolution: giant clams that weigh a quarter of a ton, for example, and a lake teeming with 21 million softly pulsating, stingless jellyfish'.

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Palau in Profile

Pacific island nation The Republic of Palau gained its independence on 1st October 1994 via an agreement with the USA, which remains responsible for its defense for 50 years and has until now given it direct financial assistance of around US$27m a year.

Situated some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Tokyo, Palau's economy is based on tourism, subsistence agriculture and fishing. Its GDP, bolstered by the US subsidy, is one of the region's highest.

Some Business and General Info

GDP: (2006, provisional figure): $157.7m. Rises to $195.4m when foreign assistance is added. National income per capita: $9,817

Religions Christianity, Modekngei (indigenous belief)

Currency: US dollar

Telephone Code: + 680

FCO


Research Industry

Palau has no MR association and no locally-based research providers as far as we know. If you can tell us otherwise, please let us know!

Overview of Trade and Industry

Trade:

Exports ($5.9m, 2004) - fish, handicrafts. Main export markets are US, Japan, Singapore and Taiwan.

Imports ($107.3m) - fuel, food and beverages, manufactured goods. Main import sources are the US (Guam), Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea. (source: US State Dept)

Tourism: The number of visitors 75% of whom come from Taiwan, Japan, and the U.S, exceeded 86,000 in 2005. Tourist spending in Palau was $66m in 2002 and $62m in 2006 (various sources).

Sectors: GDP composition by sector: Public administration 23% (the government employs nearly 25% of workers), trade 20%, construction 15%, hotels and restaurants 11%, transportation and communications 9%, fisheries 2%, agriculture 1%, manufacturing and mining 1%.

Growth: Nominal GDP increased by an annual average of nearly 14% from 1983 to 1990, and by an annual rate of over 10% from 1991 to 1997.Rebounding after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the economy grew by 5.4% (FCO / Wikipedia).

Free trade area: Palau is a member of the Pacific Island Forum and as such is part of the recently approved Umbrella Agreement including Australia and New Zealand, called the 'Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations' (PACER). This agreement includes the future creation of the 'PICTA' free trade area amongst the 14 ACP Forum Island Countries (FICs), without Australia and New Zealand. Source: BBC.

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