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Sweet land or Sweat land: Two proposals for facilitating access to land and adjustment to eroding EU sugar preferences in Fiji

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Satish Chand () (Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University)

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The resolution of problems with lease renewals in Fiji, particularly in the sugarcane districts, has ramifications for private investment and growth in the entire economy. The impending withdrawal of subsidies to sugar as world trade is liberalised has increased the urgency of finding solutions to these problems. This paper draws on game theory to characterise the problems facing the Fiji sugar industry. The incentives for land and ethnic politics are identified. Separate proposals are put forward to facilitate secure access to land and to minimise adjustment costs from the erosion of preferences under the Sugar Protocol. The rationalisation forced upon the sugar industry, if managed well, could induce land reforms that could improve the investment climate and the prospects for growth, whilst minimising pains of adjustment.

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Paper provided by East Asian Bureau of Economic Research in its series Microeconomics Working Papers with number 561.

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Date of creation: Jun 2004
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Handle: RePEc:eab:microe:561

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Keywords: Fiji; access to land; EU; Sugar; European Union; economic growth; private investment; game theory; rationalisation;

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C70 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - General
O13 - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
H71 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue

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