Fiji Economy Update - August, 2013

Fiji Economy Update - 2nd October, 2012: List of Presentations

• Key Note Address by Mr. Jitoko Tikolevu, Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority.
• Key Note Address by Mr. Glen Miles, Acting High Commissioner, Australian High Commission.
• Fiji's Economic Struggle: Are the Fundamentals in Place? by Dr. Sunil Kumar, University of the South Pacific.
• Overview of Macro Economic Indicators by Mr. Luke Koroisave, Ministry of Strategic Planning, National Development & Statistics, Fiji.
• Has Devaluation in 2009 Improved Fiji's Trade Balance? by Dr. Dibyendu Maiti & Mr. Kushneel Prakash, University of the South Pacific.
• Government Finance: Expenditure and Taxation by Ms. Sandhiya Roy, The University of Fiji.
• Assessing the Economy-wide Impacts of Natural Disasters: The Economic Impacts of the 2009 Fiji Floods by Dr. Stephen Pratt, University of the South Pacific.
• The Contribution of Foreign Direct Investment in the Tourism Sector to Fiji's Economy: An Empirical Study by Dr. T.K. Jayaraman (Fiji National University), Dr. Hong Chen & Mr. Markand Bhatt (University of the South Pacific).
• Housing: Where affordability has reached in Fiji by Mr. Abdul Hassan, University of the South Pacific.
• Assessing Development: Designing Better Indices of Poverty & Gender Equity by Dr. Priya Chattier, University of the South Pacific.
• Squatter settlement Upgrading: Lessons from Namadai, Suva by Ms. Camari Koto - University of the South Pacific.
• Fiji's Tax Trends by Mr. Fazrul Rehman, Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority.
• Raising Growth by Dr. Yongzheng Yang, International Monetary Fund.
• Panel Discussion: Status and Achievements by Mr. Govind Sami, Ministry Social Welfare, Women & Poverty Alleviation, Fiji.
• Social Developments, Poverty and MDG by Mr. Govind Sami, Ministry Social Welfare, Women & Poverty Alleviation, Fiji.
• Fiji's Progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals by Dr. David Smith - UN-ESCAP Pacific Office, Suva.
• Poverty in Fiji: Issues which need to be addressed by Government, The Private Sector and the NGO community by Fr. Kevin J. Barr, People Community Network of Fiji
• Investment in Fiji by Mr. Ravuni Uluilakeba - Investment Fiji

Report on Open Discussion - 3rd May, 2012: Floods in the Western Division in Retrospect: Possible Causes and Policy Challenges