Savenaca Narube: Fiji’s economic status and projections
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International commentators including the IMF and the ADB have commended our economic management. Four years of consecutive growth is a performance that was difficult to achieve in the past. Not only have we achieved growth, the growth rates have been generally higher. The average growth rate in four years is over 4 percent, compared to 3 percent average growth from 1987 to 1999. Moreover, we have achieved this performance despite the outbreak of SARS, global terrorist attacks and the Middle East war.
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