This Selected Issues paper focuses on the insolvency of the National Bank of Fiji (NBF). As of June 1995, an estimated …, leaving the bank with a negative net worth estimated at F$170 million. The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF) raised concerns about …

This paper reviews economic developments in Fiji during 1990–95. The reorientation of policies, although incomplete …

weak performance. It concludes that Fiji’s growth performance, like most of the other Pacific island economies, has been …This paper reviews Fiji’s growth performance since the late 1960s and empirically examines the factors underlying its … constrained by its remoteness and vulnerability to external shocks. The main constraints to growth associated with small island …

. Fiji’s economy––especially tourism and finance––is linked closely to its regional neighbors …Fiji’s economy has contracted by 3 percent in 2009, and marginal growth is estimated for 2010. Foreign exchange … end 2010. Fiji’s economic growth was low in the past few years and the structure of the economy remained broadly unchanged …

This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that Fiji’s growth has been sluggish in recent years because of delays in … economic reforms, worsening terms of trade, and political developments that have strained Fiji’s international relations and … hurt business confidence. Fiji’s economy is expected to have contracted by 21⁄2 percent in 2009, reflecting the adverse …

in Fiji. It reviews Fijian data, and indicates that the slowdown in the growth rate since independence has been … between investment and growth, and presents additional evidence for the linkage in the context of Small Island Economies (SIEs …) in which tourism plays a major role …

This 2002 Article IV Consultation highlights that following the political crisis, Fiji experienced sharp declines in … tourism earnings, while external sanctions adversely affected investment and textile exports. As a result, GDP fell 23 … Fiji dollar were maintained through tightening of domestic monetary policy and exchange controls, together with government …