This note aims to build understanding of the existing disaster risk financing and insurance (DRFI) tools in use in Fiji …, optimal use of these financial tools, and the effect they may have on the execution of post-disaster funds. In 2012 alone Fiji … experienced three major events with estimated total damage of F$146 million (US$78 million). Fiji is expected to incur, on average …

culmination of a comprehensive year-long Aus AID funded collaboration between the Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics (FIBOS) and … the Fijian population lived in poverty. Poverty in Fiji is driven by multiple factors. The report presents the first … national level poverty maps created for Fiji and in the Pacific using the national census, which provides a powerful visual …

, Fiji Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics (FIBOS) and AusAID. It reflects various … activities undertaken under the work program that was agreed upon with the Government of Fiji (GOF), with financial support … as follows. Section two presents the profile of poverty and vulnerability in Fiji. It is intended to provide a context …

The financial sector in Fiji is generally sound but has concentrated too heavily on domestic exposures producing a lack … dependent on tourism and remittances from workers overseas. Fiji has a financially strong and highly profitable banking sector …. The major distortion arises, however, from the Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF), which itself accounts for about 40 …

Fiji has committed substantial resources to bringing its Anti-Money Laundering / combating the financing of terrorism … Act) in January 2006, Fiji has added a central piece to a strong AML/CFT legislative framework. The FTR Act closely … still at an early stage. The criminalization of money laundering is in line with international standards. Fiji also enjoys a …

The investment approvals reform program Fiji started in September 2004 for an initial 12 month period in association …

The Review suggests the outlines of an architecture for microfinance in Fiji in which the National Centre for Small and … Micro-Enterprise Development (NCSMED), as envisioned by the Government of Fiji, is the primary source of funding and … desirable that the Royal Bank of Fiji also have substantial input. The Review also discusses the capacity-building needs of the …

information in a meaningful way. The Republic of Fiji is home to one of the most sophisticated economies in the Pacific Islands … events between 2020 and 2022 have highlighted critical systematic challenges in Fiji's Social Protection (SP) system. The … Government of Fiji (GoF) has initiated the social assistance policy reform agenda to address these challenges. In parallel …