...Neelesh Gounder Purpose The purpose of this paper uses household survey data to model the correlates of household consumption and poverty in Fiji. A multivariate empirical analysis is conducted to ascertain those household and community characteristics that correlate with household welfare...

... income inequality in the case of Fiji. Using Fiji's Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2002‐2003, a comprehensive analysis is used to measure the level of inequality by household income, quintile income distribution, decomposition of inequality by ethnicity and regional groups, and the household...

... whether schooling and education have a positive impact on an individual's democratic values in Fiji, whose democratic system has been subject to three coups since independence in 1970. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the goal of this paper, the ordered probit probability model is used...

...Paresh Kumar Narayan; Ajnesh Prasad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to articulate the etiology of ethnic conflict in Fiji that moves beyond polemical interpretations which routinely and often erroneously apportion blame. Design/methodology/approach A critical survey of ethnic conflict...

...Paresh Kumar Narayan; T.K. Jayaraman; Chee‐Keong Choong Purpose Under the fixed exchange rate regime Fiji's currency, which is pegged to a basket of currencies of its major trading partners, has been experiencing severe pressures. The purpose of this paper is to study annual exchange market...

... elasticities; then to modify the Fiji computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to incorporate the investment function. Also the econometrically derived long run elasticities in the CGE model were used. Findings It was found that democracy has a positive and statistically significant impact on private...

...Paresh Kumar Narayan; Paresh Kumar Narayan; Seema Narayan; Biman Chand Prasad Purpose The purpose of this paper is to forecast Fiji's exports and imports for the period 2003‐2020. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the goal of this paper, the autoregressive moving average with explanatory...

...Neelesh Gounder; Paresh Kumar Narayan; Arti Prasad Purpose Understanding the relationship between government revenue and government expenditure is important from a policy point of view, especially for a country like Fiji, which is suffering from persistent budget deficits. The aim of this paper...

...Paresh Kumar Narayan; Seema Narayan Purpose This paper aims to delineate the short‐ and long‐run relationships between savings, real interest rate, income, current account deficits (CADs) and age dependency ratio in Fiji using cointegration and error correction models over the period 1968‐2000...

... there is a larger role of aid to provide security to a nation to achieve its development objectives. An evaluation of ethnic diversity and land issues in Fiji is undertaken with concerns of a market economy, policies and governance. Findings An examination of the opposing nature of ethnic diversity and land...

...Sunil Kumar; Biman Prasad The results of the 1999 and 2001 general election seem to suggest that the Indo‐Fijian community in Fiji voted on the issues of poverty, unemployment and lack of opportunities amongst the Indo‐Fijian community. The Indo‐Fijian community, since the military coups of 1987...

... structural changes. The recent literature on property rights in transitional economies is largely concentrated on the former socialist and communist economies of Eastern Europe, which are embracing the market economy. However, this also has significant implications for many developing countries like Fiji...

...Roman Grynberg; Peter Fulcher; Peter Dryden The paper considers the development of the unique fiscal relationship that exists between the government of Fiji and Emperor gold mines. Over a period of 40 years Emperor has not only paid negligible amounts of taxes and royalties it has frequently been...

... that despite sustained economic growth the poverty level has increased in many developing countries and Fiji is not an exception. The move towards free market reforms is being increasingly questioned as a policy measure and its ability to have positive impact on the reduction of poverty and income inequality...