Reviving growth in the Fiji islands: Are we swimming or sinking?

Pacific Economic Bulletin

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 5-26

  Prasad, Biman Chand ^a   Narayan, Paresh Kumar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 56549117647     PISSN: 08178038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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