remittances
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Fiji National University Lecturer Wins USP Outstanding Thesis Award for Remittance Economics Study
An award-winning PhD challenges the view that remittances are only household support, showing they can influence long‑term growth while posing inflation and exchange‑rate risks. Spanning 50+ economies over 25 years, the research offers practical policy insights with Pacific relevance for how remittances fit into growth, price stability, and external‑sector management.
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Shasnil Chand Wins USP Outstanding Thesis Award for Remittance Macroeconomics Across Developing Economies
Shasnil Chand, a Fiji-based economist, has won a prestigious thesis award for a groundbreaking study on remittance inflows and their macroeconomic impact across more than 50 developing and emerging economies. The research finds meaningful development gains when remittance costs are low, but also inflationary and exchange-rate trade-offs that policymakers must manage—with fresh implications for Fiji…
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Fiji Reaches $1 Billion in Remittances as PALM and RSE Drive Household Welfare
Remittances to Fiji surpassed $1 billion last year, propelled by expanded labour mobility with Australia and New Zealand. A package of new policy measures—enhanced pre-departure training, stronger in-country support, reintegration pathways, and a family-accompaniment pilot—aims to convert overseas work into lasting benefits for households and communities.
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Fiji’s PALM and RSE remittances top $1B as overseas workers bolster households back home
Fiji’s overseas work schemes have reached a milestone, with remittances surpassing a billion dollars as thousands of workers gain skills abroad. Expanded welfare support, reintegration pathways, and a new family-accompaniment pilot point to a broader push to turn overseas opportunities into lasting local gains.