Country Report Fiji September 2009

Publication Date	September 2009
Publisher	EIU
Product Type	Report
Pages	17
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	EIU00224

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Summary

You may have noticed that since the second quarter of this year some additional content has started to appear in your monthly and quarterly Country Reports. We are now including a country map, and a range of basic data (selected to be useful for business travellers in particular), in every Country Report. For most countries, except a few for which data is in very short supply, we are also including comparative economic indicators that show each country's position relative to regional peers, in an easy-to-read graphical format.

In addition, for 176 countries the Country Reports will now include an annual analysis of each country's position in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, which ranks countries in terms of their level of democracy based on five key categories. These analyses were published in the second quarter of this year (in the April Country Reports for countries covered on a monthly basis, and in the second-quarter reports for those covered on a quarterly basis). Furthermore, as a new feature for more than 150 countries, an analysis of each country's ranking in our unique Quality of Life index will be published on an annual basis, starting in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Some of this content has been migrated over to the Country Reports from another product, the Country Profile, which has now been discontinued. The difficult decision to close the Country Profile reflected limited client demand for this service as well as our view that much of the content included in this report is now available free elsewhere. We would appreciate any feedback that you have on the migration of content from the Country Profiles to the Country Reports.

This report covers the following industry codes:
SIC Code: 1;70;20
NAICS Code: 11;72;311

Content

Important changes to Country Reports
Summary
Basic data
Political structure
Economic structure: Annual indicators
Economic structure: Quarterly indicators
Outlook for 2010-11: The political situation will remain unstable
Outlook for 2010-11: The country faces external financing risks
Outlook for 2010-11: Economic growth is likely to remain weak
The political scene: Fiji is suspended from the Commonwealth
The political scene: Mr Bainimarama sets out plans for constitutional change
The political scene: The 88-year-old president retires
The political scene: A church meeting is cancelled owing to protest concerns
The political scene: Mr Bainimarama faces local calls to hold an election
The political scene: Fiji's diplomats court China and India
Economic policy: Mr Bainimarama remains upbeat on the economy
Economic policy: Calls are made for Fiji to be included in a free-trade group
The domestic economy: The economy is expected to shrink in 2009
The domestic economy: Sugar producers face pressure owing to lower prices
The domestic economy: Political strife hits the tourism industry
The domestic economy: Natural Waters of Fiji is criticised by a US magazine
Foreign trade and payments: The RBF is concerned about the current-account deficit