Deals with issues relevant for improving the economic growth performances of the Pacific Island countries. This book provides case studies discussing the role of foreign aid, remittances and labour mobility, role of the agricultural sector, role of the informal sector, management of public finances, and the state of the public sector reform.

Pacific Island countries are undergoing fundamental political and economic changes due to the process of globalisation. Many of them are struggling to come to grips with the global economic challenges of participating in a world of freer trade. Their smallness, distance from the major markets and vulnerability to natural disasters presents special challenges. Globalisation, however, also provides a window of opportunity for some of them to improve their economic growth performance through increasing exports, investment and technological advancement and labour mobility.This book deals with a number of important issues relevant for improving the economic growth performances of the Pacific Island countries. Good governance, developing appropriate and quality institutions to promote investment and exports are major challenges for most of them. In addition, the volume also provides case studies discussing the role of foreign aid, remittances and labour mobility, role of the agricultural sector, role of the informal sector, management of public finances, and the state of the public sector reform.

Preface
Overview
Growth and Development in the Pacific Islands: An Overview of Issues
Pacific Islands-Regional Issues
Globalisation and the Economic Future of Small Isolated Nations, Particularly in the Pacific
The Pacific Plan and Labour Mobility
Supply-Side Constraints to Export-Led Growth in Selected Pacific Island Countries
Macro-structural Determinants of Development Banking Role in Small Island Economies: A Methodological Framework
Aid, Remittances and the Informal Economy of Pacific Islands: A Development Governance Perspective
E-Governance in the Pacific Islands: Entrenching Good Governance and Sustainable Development by Promoting ICT Strategies Based on the Right to Information
ICT-Based Distance Education for Gender Equality in the Pacific Islands
Pacific Islands Parliamentary websites: A Preliminary Survey
Public Finance Management in Fiji: Issues of Governance and Growth
The Management of Public Debt and Economic Growth in Fiji: An Empirical Study
Transition to Market Economy in Fiji: Theory, Policy and Evidence
Modelling Electricity Consumption for the Fiji Islands
Estimating the Size of the Fiji Islands Agricultural Sector
Total Factor Productivity Growth in Pacific Island Economies: Case Study of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Samoa
The Third Sector and Social Development in Small Island States: The Constraints and Opportunities in Fiji Islands
Towards Better Governance: Fiji's Recent Reform Experiences
A Macroeconomic Model for Fiji
Summary
Development Experiences in the Pacific Islands
Index.