Driven by higher profit incentives, banks’ marketing strategies have tended increasingly to exclude sections of the retail market on socio‐economic lines. Ironically, these strategies are now seen to have profitability and social responsibility implications. Little previous attempt has been...

This article investigates the determinants of Net Interest Margins (NIM) of banks in Fiji, a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the South Pacific, over the period 2000-2010. Based mainly on the Ho and Saunders' (1981) dealership model and extensions thereto, this study uses a number of...

Does finance really lead to economic growth? A growing strand of literature finds positive and strong link between finance and growth. On the other hand, research has also questioned the robustness of the finance – growth nexus. Generally, however, there is some consensus that finance –...

In light of the growing finance - private sector - economic growth findings, this article examines, from a supply - side perspective, obstacles to private sector financing in Fiji, a representative South Pacific small island, growth deprived, fragile economy. A survey of 80 percent of the formal...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of food security and human development inter-relationships for a sample of low-income countries. Design/methodology/approach – The analytical procedure involves the estimation of a reduced form equation utilising...