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behind structural adjustment programs itexamines the economic policies of Fiji’s Interim Government between 1987 and1992 … policy. The economicperformance of Fiji under structural adjustment is examined. However, indelving behind the data the … economic growth in Fiji. …
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In most developing countries, historically, the main strategy for improving the food sector has focused on increasing farm-level production. But in recent years, with the emphasis on value chain analysis, there has been much more focus on subsector studies, demand-driven approaches, and...
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Developed in the mid 1980s to explain economic processes in New Zealand’ssphere of influence in the Pacific islands, the mirab model has proved applicableacross a wide range of island economies. Identifying features of a mirab economyare heavy reliance on transfer payments, including...
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In recent years, renewable energy technologies have been advocated in Fiji on the basisthat they improve energy … technologies in Fiji are to be adequately evaluated. This paper develops andapplies a method for assessing the potential … contribution of renewable technologies to thesecurity of electricity supply in Fiji. The method is based on an application of …
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maximising employee potential in the Fijian workplace. It seeks to provide an overview of the situation in Fiji and the case …
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Fiji. The results reported here present a mixed picture, in that the model estimated specifies two different effects of the … the lack of market incentives and signals in the public sector and the involvement of Fiji's government in some activities …
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to forecast Fiji's exports and imports for the period 2003-2020. Design …. To this end, the paper drew on the published export demand model and the import demand model of Narayan and Narayan for … Fiji. Findings - The paper's main findings are: Fiji's imports will outperform exports over the 2003-2020 period; and …
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, income, current account deficits (CADs) and age dependency ratio in Fiji using cointegration and error correction models over … the first attempt at estimating the savings function for the Fiji Islands. Given that Fiji's capital market is poorly …
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ondevelopment efforts. The resurgence of foreign direct investment (FDI) and theincreasing significance of remittances, both as …, with female employment rate getting the largest impact – relative to males.Remittances are another capital flow that plays … adequately to standard shocks, a remittances shock is introduced to examinethe dynamic response of the representative economy …
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economies and development economists having dissenting views about the impact of emigration and remittances on source countries …-coping mechanisms since remittances may play an insurance role. I provide evidence that remittances have transformed farming practices … labor shortages, remittances can be a source of insurance and investment finance that fosters agricultural development …
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