POST-COVID-19 SOCIOECONOMIC RECOVERY IN FIJI: A NARRATIVE WITH LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE

Henali Kumar, Anjani Mala, Tagimoucia Yavalanavanua, Pretika Chand, Rup Singh () and Kamal Chand
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Henali Kumar: Fiji National University, Suva.
Anjani Mala: Fiji National University, Suva.
Tagimoucia Yavalanavanua: Fiji National University, Suva.
Pretika Chand: Fiji National University, Suva (Namaka Campus)
Rup Singh: (corresponding author) The University of the South Pacific, Suva
Kamal Chand: The University of the South Pacific, Suva

Asia-Pacific Sustainable Development Journal, 2024, vol. 31, issue 1, 173-185

Abstract: This paper focuses on major socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji. It includes a discussion on the country’s crisis management initiatives and on the view that the post-COVID-19 socioeconomic recovery is likely to be stressful for this small and vulnerable economy. It also provides imperatives for improving socioeconomic welfare by accelerating economic activity in the new normal and presents the following suggestions for moving the economy forward: promote economic diversification; develop and commercialize economic activity in neglected industries; and deepen technology for manufacturing. Some of these suggestions are also applicable to other small and vulnerable economies.

Keywords: small and vulnerable economies; COVID-19 policy responses; postCOVID-19 economic recovery; Fiji Islands. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G01 G28 I11 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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