Table of contents - Special Issue: Socio‐Economic Issues Confronting Pacific Island Economies
Guest Editors: Paresh Kumar Narayan
Global warming and the future of Pacific Island countries
Clem TisdellThe purpose of this paper is to outline the cause of global warming, its trends and consequences as indicated by the International Panel on Climate Change. Sea‐level rise is one…
Institutions, good governance and economic growth in the Pacific Island countries
Biman Chand PrasadThe main purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the main institutional and governance issues facing the Pacific Island countries (PIC) and to point out how they affect…
Cultural and economic tensions in Pacific Islands' futures
Ron DuncanThe purpose of this paper is to explore the tensions likely to arise in Pacific Island countries resulting from their high‐population growth rates and poor agricultural…
Growth and social development in the Pacific Island countries
Naren PrasadThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the social development situation in the Pacific Island countries (PICs). It also aims to present the various social and economic policies…
Moving beyond “ethnic” conflict in Fiji: from colonization to the coup of 2006
Ajnesh PrasadThe 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…
Unit roots and structural breaks in PNG macroeconomic time series
Seema Narayan, Russell SmythThe purpose of this paper is to examine the time series properties of 26 macroeconomic variables in Papua New Guinea (PNG) over the period 1970‐2006.
Exchange market pressure in a small Pacific Island country: a study of Fiji: 1975‐2005
T.K. Jayaraman, Chee‐Keong ChoongUnder 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…
Forecasting Fiji's exports and imports, 2003‐2020
Paresh Kumar Narayan, Seema Narayan, Biman Chand PrasadThe purpose of this paper is to forecast Fiji's exports and imports for the period 2003‐2020.
An econometric model of the determinants of private investment and a CGE model of the impact of democracy on investment and economic growth in Fiji
Paresh Kumar NarayanThe purpose of this paper is to construct an econometric model of the determinants of private investment with a particular focus on the impact of democracy on investment.
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- Professor Terence Garrett