Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 325
Cover Image
Small states in a global economy: The role of institutions in managing vulnerability and opportunity in small developing countries
Bräutigam, Deborah; Woolcock, Michael - 2001
Small states have always been more vulnerable in the global economy. This is so because trade comprises a larger proportion of their economic activity, and because they lack the power to set the terms or make any of the rules that govern globalization. Studies of small states tend to focus on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279382
Cover Image
Regional trade agreements and cross-border trade costs: The case of Pacific island countries
Azapmo, Jean Bertrand - 2017
in Tier 1 (except Fiji) do not systematically have lower cross-border trade costs than other PICs. We conclude that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607854
Cover Image
Food security in the South Pacific Island countries with special reference to the Fiji Islands
Sharma, K. L. - 2006
This paper analyses the status of food security in selected South Pacific Island countries, namely Cook Islands, Fiji …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284592
Cover Image
Vessel day scheme and tuna catch in the Pacific Island Region
Dutta, Champa Bati; Ivekolia, Mark; Kumar Das, Debasish - 2023
The Pacific Island nations heavily rely on the tuna fishery for government revenue and economic growth. Since the conversion of some nations to the Vessel Days Scheme (VDS) from the fishing Quota system, the region's domestic catch has significantly increased. VDS has stimulated economic return...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540425
Cover Image
Effect of pecuniary costs and time costs on choice of healthcare providers among caregivers of febrile children in rural Papua New Guinea
Tsukahara, Takahiro; Sugahara, Takuma; Ogura, Seiritsu; … - In: Health Economics Review 9 (2019) 33, pp. 1-14
Background: User fees, transportation costs, and time costs impair access to healthcare by rural communities in low and middle income countries. However, effects of time costs on demand for healthcare are less understood than effects of user fees for health providers. In addition, prospective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014489824
Cover Image
Reforming Trade Policy in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands
Anderson, Kym; Bosworth, Michael - 2009
The countries of the South Pacific have struggled to generate sustainable economic growth since their independence. Interventionist policies have failed in the past here, as they have in all other regions. Business and government leaders in this region are now beginning to acknowledge - as has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902300
Cover Image
Estimating the net effects of migration and remittances on poverty and inequality: Comparison of Fiji and Tonga
Brown, Richard P. C.; Jimenez, Eliana - 2007
We use original 2005 household survey data from Fiji and Tonga to estimate the impact of migration and remittances on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284797
Cover Image
Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
origin. Tests of such theories are difficult and few. We examine a unique natural quasiexperiment in the Republic of Fiji, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005874
Cover Image
Mapping of sovereign risks in small island economies: An application of contingent claim approach to Fiji
Jain, Devendra Kumar; Patel, Arvind - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17
volatility for the case of Fiji. The CCA captures non-linear changes to sovereign assets and liabilities that are hardly captured … by other macroeconomic variables. Our consistent empirical findings indicate no sovereign debt distress for Fiji … consistent and useful guide to debt policy in Fiji. It is also useful for future research on debt sustainability in other similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657572
Cover Image
Export performance, governance, and economic growth: Evidence from Fiji - a small and vulnerable economy
Chand, Ronal; Patel, Arvind; Jain, Devendra Kumar - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 8 (2020) 1, pp. 1-16
This article analyses the nexus between exports, established indicators of governance, and economic growth in Fiji. It … meaningful. The findings imply that Fiji needs to improve export productivity and quality of institutional governance to ensure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001470