Current economic trends in selected South Pacific countries, 1989

Abstract

It is difficult to assess the course of development in all the South Pacific countries. As indicated in an earlier issue of this Bulletin, "the statistical basis for such analyses is most inadequate". However, it seems that the economic stagflation that was apparent through the 1980s continued in 1989, with the exception of Fiji where a radical change in economic policy was concurrent with a rapid acceleration in economic growth.