The Fiji poverty report

Poverty, corruption and governance in Fiji

Fiji : the challenges and opportunities of diversity

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Indigenous Peoples/ethnic Minorities and Poverty Reduction Pacific Region

The views and interpretations in this report are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Asian Development Bank. T his publication is one of a series of reports on indigenous peoples/ethnic minorities undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to strengthen the capacity of its developing member countries (DMCs) to combat poverty in the region and to improve the quali...

Estimating the net effects of migration and remittances on poverty and inequality: Comparison of Fiji and Tonga

We use original 2005 household survey data from Fiji and Tonga to estimate the impact of migration and remittances on income distribution and measures of poverty, after controlling for selectivity in migration and endogeneity in the relationship between remittances and income. Measures of inequality and poverty based on actual, with-migration income and remittances are then compared with those ...

Human Leptospirosis Infection in Fiji: An Eco-epidemiological Approach to Identifying Risk Factors and Environmental Drivers for Transmission.

Leptospirosis is an important zoonotic disease in the Pacific Islands. In Fiji, two successive cyclones and severe flooding in 2012 resulted in outbreaks with 576 reported cases and 7% case-fatality. We conducted a cross-sectional seroprevalence study and used an eco-epidemiological approach to characterize risk factors and drivers for human leptospirosis infection in Fiji, and aimed to provide...