Fiji's economic growth impediments: Institutions, policies and coups

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-324

  Gounder, Rukmani ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Ethnicity; Fiji; Institutions; Policy objectives

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT FAILURE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MILITARY GOVERNMENT;

FIJI; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 8744306235     PISSN: 13547860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354786042000272973     Document Type: Article

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