welfare
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Fiji Digitises Social Protection Records with IBMS to Speed Reconciliations and Strengthen Audits
Gaps in how social protection payments are tracked are prompting a sweeping digitisation push. A new Integrated Beneficiary Management system and stronger procedures aim to speed up reconciliations and boost transparency—without disrupting benefits to vulnerable households.
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Fiji Auditor‑General Finds $28.2M Discrepancy Between Social Welfare Payouts and FMIS Records, Urges Monthly Reconciliations
An audit uncovers serious gaps between welfare payouts and the records that track them in Fiji’s social protection programs. Systemic reconciliation failures have prompted calls for urgent reforms, including monthly checks and stronger controls, with a new management system planned for the longer term. The findings fuel scrutiny over how aid reaches eligible households.
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Fiji Opposition MP Usamate warns welfare must balance aid with work incentives amid rising use of foreign labour
Opposition MP Jone Usamate warns welfare must help the vulnerable without dampening work incentives as unemployment policy tightens. He flags growing use of foreign labour and cautions that higher minimum wages could push up prices in a tight fiscal climate—a snapshot of the balancing act between protections and jobs.