Basic needs and employment: income distribution in fiji; an analysis of its various dimensions with implications for future employment, basic needs and income policies.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on income distribution trends from 1970 to 1980 and the implications for employment policy, incomes policy and basic needs satisfaction in Fiji - discusses poverty, household income and consumer expenditure; examines the impact of taxation, public expenditure, wage structure, underemployment and unemployment on rural urban disparities, inter- ethnic group and regional disparities; stresses the need for tax reform, employment creation, minimum wages, regional development, etc. Graphs and references.