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CV: Professor Wadan NARSEY
[email protected] [email protected]
http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/
Biodata
Date of birth: 21 April 1950. Place of birth: Suva, Fiji.
Nationality: Fiji citizen. Gender: Male
Qualifications
BSc (Mathematics), University of Otago, N.Z. MSc (Econ), University of West Indies, Jamaica.
D Phil (University of Sussex), U.K.
Employment Experience
1972 Statistician, Fiji Bureau of Statistics 1973-1976 Lecturer in Mathematics, USP
1978 - 1994 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor in Economics (USP)
1994-1996 Director of Planning and Development (USP)
1996-1999 Member of Fiji Parliament (and Shadow Finance Minister) 1999-2002 Associate Professor, Economics Department (USP)
2003-2004 Professor (PIAS-DG)(USP)
2005-2007 Consultant economist 2008-2011 Professor, School of Economics, USP.
(asked by USP management to resign)
2012- Consultant economist.
Visiting appointments
2011 Kagoshima University Research Centre for Pacific Islands
2012-2014 Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University.
Work expertise
Lecturing in economics
Household survey analysis Poverty analysis
Labour markets
Gender Financing of education
Regional trade integration
Demographic analysis and population projections Electoral systems
Governance
Development policy
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Consultancy Reports
Pacific Regional Post Secondary Education Study: Vol. 1. Overview of Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Western
Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. (With A.Aime, D. Hamilton, Jin He and Ian P. Morris).
World Bank Report No. 11351, Country Department III, East Asia and the Pacific Region. 1992.
Post Secondary Education and the Labor Market: Issues and Options. Country Studies. Country
Department III, EAPR, World Bank. (with Ian P. Morris). 1992.
Volume 2 Tracer Study on Graduates (of Fiji, Kiribati, Solomons, Samoa)
Volume 3 Fiji
Volume 4 Kiribati Volume 5 Solomon Islands
Volume 6 Tonga
Volume 7 Vanuatu Volume 8 Western Samoa
Review of Technical Assistance and Training in the Pacific. Report for the Forum Secretariat and the British Development Division in the Pacific. (With David Forsyth and Ian P. Morris). 1992.
Kiribati Education Sector Review (with Mike Ratcliffe and Peter Braithwaite). Report for the
Governments of Kiribati, United Kingdom and New Zealand. 1992.
The Financing of Education in Vanuatu, Report for the World Bank and Government of Vanuatu.
1993.
Issues in the Financing of the University of the South Pacific. Report for USP and the I.D.P.
Australia. 1996.
The Internal Funding Model for Schools. IFM2: The Revised Model. Planning and Development
Office, The University of the South Pacific. 1996.
The Alternative Vote System: An Elections Workshop Kit. Prepared for the Citizens Constitutional
Forum. 1998.
Expiring ALTA Leases: A Way Forward. (with Jai Ram Reddy). 1999.
"Gender Balance in the Fiji Public Service and the Task of Engendering National Budgets". Report
for UNIFEM and Seminar for Pacific Regional Women Members of Parliament, Nadi. March 2000.
Mid-Term Review of Institution Strengthening Project, Fiji Bureau of Statistics. Report for AusAID
and the Government of Fiji. March 2000.
AusAID Technical Assessment Panel to assess Australian Tertiary institutions’ bids to host
AusAID scholarships. 2000.
"A USP Comparative Salary Index". Report for the University of the South Pacific. 2000.
Issues in the financing of basic education: an outcomes approach. Report for Forum Secretariat and the Asian Development Bank. 2001.
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The Integration of alcohol and tobacco products into PICTA. Report for Forum Secretariat. 2002.
A negotiating framework for EPA negotiations with the EU and fiscal reform issues for Pacific ACP
countries. Report for the Forum Secretariat. 2003
Financing options for the Fiji Islands Visitors Bureau. Report for the Ministry of Tourism, Fiji Government. 2004.
Just Wages for Fiji: lifting workers out of poverty. ECREA and Vanuavou Publications. 2006. Suva, Fiji. pp. 145. (funded by ECREA)
The 2002-03 Household Income and Expenditure Survey Results for Fiji and Implications for Poverty. Report for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. March 2006.
Rebasing the Food Poverty Line for Fiji. Report for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 2006.
Report on the 2002-03 Household Income and Expenditure Survey. Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics.
2006. (funded by FIBoS).
Report on the 2004-05 Employment and Unemployment Survey. Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics.
(May 2007). (funded by FIBoS)
Gender Issues in Employment, Under-Employment and Incomes in Fiji. Fiji Islands Bureau of
Statistics, AusAID and Vanuavou Publications (November 2007). (Funded by AusAID).
The Quantitative Analysis of Poverty in Fiji. Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics and Vanuavou Publications. December 2007. Suva, Fiji. pp. 145. (funded by FIBoS).
Preliminary Report: Poverty and Household Incomes in Fiji in 2008-09. Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics. 2010. Suva, Fiji. pp. 25. (Funded by AusAID).
Report on the 2008-09 Household Income and Expenditure Survey. Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics.
2011. Suva, Fiji. pp. 96. Funded by AusAID.
Poverty in Fiji: changes 2002-03 to 2008-09 and Policy Implications. Fiji Bureau of Statistics. Suva,
Fiji. 2012. pp. 118. (funded by AusAID).
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Books and Monographs
Pacific Regional Post Secondary Education Study: Vol. 1. Overview of Fiji, Kiribati, Tonga, Western
Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. (With A.Aime, D. Hamilton, Jin He and Ian P. Morris).
World Bank Report No. 11351, Country Department III, East Asia and the Pacific Region.
Pacific Regional Post Secondary Study. Volume 2. Tracer Study (Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, and
Western Samoa). World Bank, Country Department III, EAPR. (with Ian P. Morris).
Post Secondary Education and the Labor Market: Issues and Options. Country Studies: part of
Pacific Regional Post Secondary Study. World Bank, Country Department III, EAPR. (with Ian P.
Morris). Separate volumes for Fiji, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu And Western Samoa
To Level the Playing Fields: developing our small people. Vanuavou Publications, Suva, Fiji. 2004. (a collection of articles on economic, political and social issues in Fiji).
Academic outcomes and resources for Basic Education. Institute of Education, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji. 2004.
Electing your parliamentarian: a hands on training kit. Training manuals in English, Fijian and
Hindi. Fiji Elections Office. 2005
Just Wages for Fiji: lifting workers out of poverty. ECREA and Vanuavou Publications. 2006.
The Quantitative Analysis of Poverty in Fiji. School of Economics, Faculty of Business and
Economics, The University of the South Pacific and Vanuavou Publications. 2008.
(Editor of): A Voice of Reason: the writings of Savenaca Siwatibau. The School of Economics,
Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of the South Pacific. 2009.
The Impact of PICTA on alcohol and tobacco industries in Forum Island Countries. School of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of the South Pacific. Suva. 2010.
Population and Development in the Pacific Islands: Accelerating the ICPD Plan of Action @ 15, Faculty of Business and Economics, Proceedings of the Regional Symposium at The University of
the South Pacific, 23 to 25 November 2009. (Edited by Wadan Narsey, Annette Sachs Robertson,
Biman Prasad, Eduard Jongstra, and Kesaia Seniloli). 2010.
The Making of Colonial Currency Policies in the British Empire. (in progress).
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Other publications
Fiji a Developing Australian Colony. (co-author with Rokotuivuna and others International
Development Action, North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia. 1973.
"Monopoly Capital, White Racism and Super-profits in Fiji: a Case Study of the Colonial Sugar
Refining Company", Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol.5, 1979. Pp. 66-146.
"Development Plan 8 and the Nature of Development Planning", Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol.11,
1985. Pages 1-10.
"The Wage Freeze and Development Plan Objectives: contradictions in Fiji Government Policy", Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol.11, 1985. pp 11-44.
"Fiji's Colonial Monetary System and Export of Colonial Capital: questions posed for the theories of the Currency Board System and colonial underdevelopment", Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol.12,
1986. pp 87-161.
"The Political Economy of Employment Missions: a case study of the Fiji Employment and
Development Mission, 1982-84" in Class and Culture, edited by A. Hooper. Auckland University
and Institute of Pacific Studies, University of South Pacific. pp 194-208.
The Performance of the Fiji Manufacturing Sector, 1973-1985. SSED Working Paper No.14.
Review of "Fiji's Economic History, 1874-1939: Studies of Capitalist Colonial Development", by Bruce Knapman in The Contemporary Pacific, Vol.2, No.1, pp 208-213.
"Fiji's Colonial History and Capitalist Development and Underdevelopment: a Review Article".
Journal of Pacific Studies, Vol.16, pp 91-106.
“Re-engineering Fiji for Growth”. in Fiji: Coups, crises and reconciliation, Fiji Institute of Applied
Studies. Edited by Vijay Naidu and Ganesh Chand.
“PICTA, PACER and EPAs: weaknesses in Pacific island countries’ trade policies”. Pacific
Economic Bulletin, Vol.19 No 3. 2004.
“Chapter” in Pacific Futures Michael Powles (ed) Pandanus Books. 2006. Australian National
University and Pacific Cooperation Foundation of New Zealand. pp. 260.
“The incidence of poverty and the poverty gap in Fiji: unpalatable facts for ethno-centric political parties”. Fijian Studies, Vol. 5. 2007.
“The incidence of poverty and the poverty gap in Fiji: unpalatable facts for ethno-centric political parties”. Pacific Economic Bulletin, 2008.
“The incidence of poverty in Solomon Islands: the importance of methodology”. Journal of Pacific Studies. Vol.31, No.1, pp.31-58.
“The Regression of Marine Foods Consumption in Fiji: changes 2002-03 to 2008-09” . South Pacific
Studies, Vol.32, No.2. 2012. “The Regression of Marine Foods Consumption in Fiji: changes 2002-03 to 2008-09” . Vol.32,
No.2. 2012 South Pacific Studies.
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“UNDP/ADB Poverty Results for Vanuatu: a critical review and alternative assessment”. South Pacific Studies, Vol.33., No.1, 2012. KURCPI.
http://cpi.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/publications/southpacificstudies/sps/sps33-
1/South%20Pacific%20Studies%2033(1)%20pp25-51.pdf
Workshop presentations, conference papers and official submissions
"Brain Drain in Pacific Island States". Paper presented to the World Bank Seminar on Higher
Education in Small States, sponsored by Universiti Brunei Darussalam and World Bank. 1992.
Triennial Submission to the University Grants Committee. Planning and Development Office, The
University of the South Pacific. 1996.
"Re-engineering Fiji for growth: need to reduce military expenditure". Paper presented at the Silver
Jubilee Congress of the Fiji Institute of Accountants, Sheraton Fiji Resort, 17-18 April, 1997.
"Good Governance and People's Livelihoods" Presentation to the Citizens Constitutional Forum
Consultation on the Constitution Review Commission Report. FMA Hall, 17 May 1997.
"Nutritional Development and Underdevelopment in a Free Market Context". Paper presented to the Fiji National Nutrition Planning Conference. 1997.
"Privatisation and Public Sector Reform: the need for a more discriminatory response by unions". Paper presented to the Biennial Fiji Trade Union Congress Conference. 1997.
Submission to the Electoral Boundaries Commission (for the National Federation Party. 1998.
Submission to the Committee of Enquiry into Financial Services (for the Fiji Chamber of Commerce
and the National Federation Party). 1998.
“Rebuilding a fractured nation”. Parkinson Memorial Lectures, 2001.
"Financing Fijians in business: suggestions to the Qarase Government Taskforce for accelerating Fiji business development". 2001.
“The challenge of multi-party government in the context of ethnically based political divisions”.
Paper presented to CCF Workshop to facilitate the formation of multi-party government. Nadi. June 2003.
“Australian and NZ policy in the Pacific: Alternatives to crude regional integration” Paper presented at the 39th Otago Foreign Policy School. Redefining the Pacific? Regionalism, Past,
Present and the Future. 25-27 June 2004.
“Regional Integration or Remittances: options for Pacific Island Countries”. Paper presented to the
Foundation for Development Corporation Conference on Remittances, Brisbane June 2004.
"Proposals for major development projects for consideration by the Qarase Government". 2005.
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"Education enrolment and Population Projections". PRIDE workshop for senior regional education
officials. Vila, Vanuatu. July 2005.
"The financing of education and education outcomes: issues of class size, school size, and rural
location". PRIDE workshop for senior regional education officials. Vila, Vanuatu. July 2005.
"How does an MoE civil servant respond to the typical Raving Minister of Education?" PRIDE
workshop for senior regional education officials. Vila, Vanuatu. July 2005.
"Fostering Fijians in Business" Keynote address to AGM of Indigenous Fijian Business Council. The
Fijian Shangrila, March 2006.
“Fostering Gender Equality in Employment and Incomes: From zero-sum games to win-win
economic growth”. Workshop on Gender, Youth and Economic Empowerment in the Pacific
Rydges Lakeside Hotel, April 16-17 2008 Canberra.
“Transparency, accountability and us”. [Keynote address at Anti-Corruption Day organised by
Transparency International and the Faculty of Business and Economics]
[The Fiji Times and Fiji Sun, 11 December 2008]
“Population growth, family size and poverty reduction: Useful contrasts within Melanesia and
Fiji”. Expert Group Meeting, Plan of Action on Population and Poverty adopted at the Fifth Asian and Pacific Population Conference. Bangkok, 3-5 February 2009.
“How does one measure poverty? The Incidence of Poverty and The Poverty Gap. Implications for
Poverty Alleviation Policies”. Presentation to PSC Workshop. March 2009.
“The Struggle for Just Wages in Fiji” Rev Paula Niukula Lecture organised by ECREA, Marine
Studies Lecture Theater. 15 April 2009.
“The Incidence of Poverty and The Poverty Gap in Fiji: Implications for National Poverty
Alleviation Policies” National Workshops in conjunction with Ministry of Planning, Ministry of
Women and Poverty Alleviation and FCOSS.. Suva (18 May 2009), Labasa (20 May 2009), Lautoka (22 May 2009). Organised by Wadan Narsey.
“Fostering Gender Equality in Employment and Incomes” National Workshops in conjunction with Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Women and Poverty Alleviation and FCOSS. Suva (18 May 2009),
Labasa (20 May 2009), Lautoka (22 May 2009). Organised by Wadan Narsey.
“Poverty in Fiji: what facts should Good Young Leaders know: What implications for economic,
social and political policies?” Presentation to Young Leaders Workshop, June 3, 2009. Colonial
Boardroom..
“Gender Equality in Employment and Incomes: the good news”. USP/ANU Update, USP. 28 July
2009.
“The Incidence of Poverty in the Solomon Islands: The UNDP (2008) results, some questions
about methodology and the data, and some preliminary alternative perspectives”
USP Development Dialogue, Honiara, 17 September 2009.
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“The Incidence of Poverty in Vanuatu: The ADB/UNDP results; some questions about
methodology and the data; and some preliminary alternative perspectives”. USP Development Dialogue, Vila, 9
th October 2009.
“Changing PIC populations: impacts on public finance, labour markets, and poverty”. Plenary 2,
Regional Symposium on Population and Development: Accelerating the ICPD Programme of Action, UNFPA and USP. AusAID Lecture Theater, 23 to 25 November 2009.
“PICTA, PACER Plus, labour mobility and PIC Development: what are our options?”. Plenary 11, Regional Symposium on Population and Development: Accelerating the ICPD Programme of
Action @15, UNFPA and USP. AusAID Lecture Theater, 23 to 25 November 2009.
“PACER Plus and PIC Development: lessons from PICTA and Alternative Strategies”. Development
Dialogue, Apia. 14 December 2009.
“Food consumption patterns in Fiji: What does the 2002-03 HIES tell us? Can we level the playing field? Fiji Food Summit, Tanoa Hotel, Nadi. 14
th to 16
th October 2009.
“Challenges for Rural Development in Tailevu, Rewa and Naitasiri provinces”. Keynote Speech at
Development Partners Consultation and Planning for Tailevu, Rewa and Naitasiri. 20th to 23 October 2009.
“Changing age structures, education financing and poverty: how put family planning back on the
agenda” Plenary 2 paper at the Regional Symposium on Population and Development in the Pacific Islands: Accelerating the ICPD Plan of Action, Faculty of Business and Economics, The
University of the South Pacific, 23 to 25 November 2009.
"The impact of poverty on education in Fiji: the use of HIES and population projection data". USP-
ANU Fiji Update, July 2010. USP.
“BACER, not PACER: lessons for PICTA for Tonga”. Presentation at the Tonga Development Dialogue, Nukualofa, 26 August 2010.
“Launching of the Preliminary Report: Poverty and Household Incomes in Fiji in 2008-09”. Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics. 2010. Marine Studies Lecture Theatre.
"How improve the effectiveness of the Fiji Police Force" Presentation to Senior Police Officers. 10 November 2010.
“Political instability and poor Pacific Economic Performance: the need for Dialogue Spaces”
Presentation to State of the Pacific Dialogue organised by PIDP, East West Centre. Honolulu, Hawaii. 25 to 26 January 2011.
"Regional integration: from fiction to fact". State of the Pacific Dialogue. East West Centre January 2010.
“Health Expenditures in the Pacific Island Countries and Health Outcomes”. Lecture to JICA Fellows, Kagoshima University Research Centre for Pacific Islands. 21 October 2011.
“Food Consumption Trends in the Pacific: with implications for health and the economy”. Lecture to
JICA Fellows, Kagoshima University Research Centre for Pacific Islands. 21 October 2011.
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"Poverty analysis in Solomon Islands: avoiding wrong policy directions". 2 March 2012. Seminar at James Cook University, 23 March 2012.
"Bainimarama's coup and claim of desire for ethnic equality: separating facts from fiction". Seminar
at James Cook University, 23 March 2012.
"Gender inequality in employment and incomes in Fiji: bad news, good news and remaining challenges. James Cook University Conference on Women. 14 June 2012.
"Poverty analysis in the Pacific: the divide between World Bank experts and practitioners in the
field". Seminar at James Cook University. 19 June 2012.
"Dilemmas for constitutional reform in Fiji". Seminar at James Cook University. 20 June 2012. http://flashstream1.jcu.edu.au/html/SAASLecture-Narsey-200612.html
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General community education media articles
Most can now be downloaded from: http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/
“The plight of the garments workers”, Fiji Sun, 10 November 1985.
"Alternatives to the unilateral wage freeze". The Fiji Times, 1 February 1985.
"A comment on the bus fare increase". Sunday Sun, 30 June 1985.
"The Report of the Financial Review Committee: more aid to the wealthy". Fiji Sun, 29 October 1985.
"Budget 1987: the hidden problems". Fiji Sun, 11 November 1986.
"The New Pay Formula: is it workable?". The Fiji Times, 10 December 1986. Also as
"Wage Guideline Formula makes no economic sense", Fiji Sun, 10 December 1986.
"Garments Workers' Wages yet again". Fiji Sun, 10 October 1989.
"The Sugar Cane Growers' Superannuation Scheme: some questions". The Fiji Times, date?
"Racial split causes worry: implications of population changes". The Fiji Times, 27 April 1994.
"Dead votes, ghost votes, and fair regional distribution". The Fiji Times, 28 April 1994
"Racial or multiracial: where is the future?". The Fiji Times, 29 April 1994.
"Sugar industry reform: how?" The Fiji Times, 7 April 1995.
"Sugar industry reform: what diversification and how?" The Fiji Times, 8 April 1995.
"The Constitution Review debate". The Fiji Times, 29 July 1995.
"Ethnicity and the nation". The Fiji Times, 31 July 1995.
"Ethnic fears: are they real?". The Fiji Times, 1 August 1995.
"Competition over public funds will heighten ethnic tension". The Fiji Times, 3 August, 1995.
"The NBF saga: how do we learn?" The Fiji Times, date?
"The Constitution Review Commission Report: sound principles but weak advice on electoral
system". The Fiji Times, 1 November, 1996.
"The Constitution Review Commission Report: Fijians lose in a bad government". The Fiji Times, 2
November, 1996.
"The magician's budget: NBF chickens coming home to roost". The Fiji Times, 9 November 1996.
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"Stop our violence against women", The Fiji Times, 14 December 1996.
"Fijian education: the ostrich approach", The Fiji Times, 18 January 1997.
"Fijian education: the sacred cows must die". The Fiji Times, 20 January 1997.
"Water billing: Smart move by PWD". The Fiji Times, 5 April 1997.
"Is ours a culture of silence?". The Fiji Times, 29 April 1997 (from an address to the 1997 Accountants’ Congress).
"In defence of economic madness: military expenditure in Fiji". The Fiji Times, 6 May 1997. (from an address to the 1997 Accountants’ Congress).
"Are the banks fattening themselves?". The Fiji Times, 21 October 1997.
"Vijay's a fantastic attraction: A golfing bonanza goes begging". The Fiji Times, 15 January 1998.
"The 20% devaluation". The Sunday Times, 19 January 1998.
"In the interest of our children: banks and the little people". The Fiji Times, 26 February 1998.
"USP Law School: a win-win solution". The Fiji Times, 30 March 1998.
"Balancing tradition in a capitalist market economy". A book review of MIW, Fijians in business by
Dr Ropate Qalo. Daily Post, 4 April 1998.
"Free markets in labour or not?" Daily Post, 4 April 1998.
"The Bureau's Consumer Prices Index: is it a fiddle?". The Fiji Times, date? June/July 98
"The alternative vote system: is it better?". The Fiji Times, 28 July 1998.
"Tourism to boost Fijians". The Fiji Times, 10 September 1998.
"State, NGOs must agree on national disaster roles". The Fiji Times, 15 October 1998.
"Nutritional development: are we nuts when it comes to good health?". Daily Post, 29 October 1998.
"Coke versus coconut: is it a no contest?". Daily Post, 4 November 1998.
"The advertising war: sex and more sex". Daily Post, 12 November 1998.
"Our market mess: can we do better?" Daily Post, 16 November 1998.
"Bank profitability: a relative rip-off". The Fiji Times, 27 November 1998.
"A tale of city rates". The Fiji Times, 5 February 1999.
"A perverse parliamentary perk". The Fiji Times, June.
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"Raw deal for nuke test guinea pigs". The Sunday Times, 13 June 1999. (also in Pacific Islands
Monthly, July 1999)
"Clause 2 stalls Senate decision". The Fiji Times, 17 June 1999.
"The Korolevu Declaration: moving to the same beat". The Fiji Times, 9 July 1999.
"Public sector reform: if it ain't broke, don't fix it". The Fiji Times, 16 July 1999.
"Expats face winds of uncertainty". The Fiji Times, 15 August 1999.
"18 holes gone to waste". The Fiji Times, 20 August 1999.
"Gold, not all glitter anymore". The Fiji Times, 25 August 1999.
"The paradoxes in our prisons". The Fiji Times, 3 September 1999.
"Ray of hope for ALTA". The Fiji Times, 10 September 1999.
"Barbecue sellers: blight or blessing". The Fiji Times, 17 September 1999.
"Mission transcends religion: an appreciation of the life of Brother Theophane". The Fiji Times, 1 October 1999.
"Mental illness: it's all in the mind". The Fiji Times, 8 October 1999.
"Of boards and ministers". The Fiji Times, 15 October, 1999.
"Rugby World Cup: not a level playing field". The Fiji Times, 22 October 1999.
"Our gambling hypocrisy". The Fiji Times, 5 November 1999.
"Budget 2000: just who pays for dinner". The Fiji Times, 8 November 1999.
"The People's Coalition Government and employers: the love hate relationship". The Fiji Times, 19
November 1999.
"Jobs and geriatrics: a niche market for Fijian tourism". The Fiji Times, 26 November 1999.
"The constitutional trauma". The Fiji Times, 17 February 2000.
"Are we up to it?: victorious Vijay Singh". The Sunday Times, 23 April 2000.
"The method, not just the cause". The Daily Post, 17 September 2000. Also appeared as
"When mistakes are repeated" The Fiji Times, 17 Dec 2000.
"Super 12 a super rip-off" The Fiji Times, 3 Dec 2000.
"Sell the fishing, not the fish" The Fiji Times, 17 Dec 2000.
"Costly coups". The Fiji Times, 24 Dec 2000.
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"Discount rate dragons and mahogany" The Fiji Times, 31 Dec 2000.
"Maximising mahogany" The Fiji Times, 2 Jan 2001.
"Till death do us part" The Fiji Times, 21 Jan 2001
"Avoiding an electoral mess". The Fiji Times, 5 March 2001
"Stability and good governance", The Fiji Times, 6 March 2001.
"A referendum for our constitution: let the silent majority speak", The Fiji Times, 11 March 2001
"The 1997 Constitution, the baby and the bathwater" The Daily Post, 13 March 2001
"Small is not beautiful". The Fiji Times, 15 June 2001.
"The plight of Jerry and Sukabula: who are the real culprits", appeared as "The coup killing game",
The Fiji Times, 27 June 2001.
"Constitutional traps awaiting", The Fiji Times, 30 Aug 2001.
"Bigger is bountiful", The Fiji Times, 9 Sep 2001.
"It is not about winning" (appeared as "Winners and losers") The Fiji Times, ???
"Bite the bullet, FLP". The Fiji Times, 10 Sep. 2001.
"Down the cul de sac, again". The Fiji Times, 14 Sept 2001-11-12
"Rebuilding a fractured nation" Fiji Sun. 6 and 7 Nov 2001.
"Silenced by the gold", The Fiji Times, 15 January 2002.
"Passing the buck to the judiciary", The Fiji Times, 15 February 2002.
"The ATHL monopoly: between the devil and the deep blue sea". The Fiji Times, 6 March 2002.
"The Reserve Bank and the FNPF: funny business for the guv". The Fiji Times, 12 March 2002.
"Fair and foul". The Fiji Times, 19 March 2002
"The numbers game: governments flaunt them, but do the numbers add up?" The Fiji Times, 19 June 2002.
"Tides of globalisation". The Fiji Times, 25 June 2002.
"Peacekeeping and the army". The Fiji Times, 3 July 2002.
"The cost of protectionism". The Fiji Times, 14 August 2002.
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"For richer and poorer: can indigenous Fijians accumulate?". The Fiji Times, 29 August 2002.
"Strange silences on suicides". The Fiji Times, 5 September 2002.
"Fijian education: the good news". The Fiji Times, 10 September 2002.
“Fiji’s population growth is not a time bomb”. The Fiji Times, 27 September 2002
“Killing righteously: the immoral war in Iraq”. The Fiji Times, April 2003
“Fiji TV Close-up: the costs of monopoly”. The Fiji Times, 22 April 2003
“Pre-schools and the poor”. The Fiji Times, 5 May 2003
“Fiji to the world: our Vijay Singh?”, The Fiji Time, 21 May 2003.
“No bounty from our rum: opportunity foregone”. The Fiji Times, 10 June 2003.
“Siwatibau: a role model to be missed”. The Fiji Times, 16 October 2003.
“Crouching tigers, hidden dragons and swaggering swans: The Exporters of the Year Awards”.
The Fiji Times, 7 March 2004.
“PICTA, PACER, EPAs: where are we going?” Islands Business, April 2004.
“Communications Monopoly monsters at work” The Fiji Times, 21 May 2004.
“The illusion of choices” The Fiji Times, 7 July 2004.
“Being milked”. The Fiji Times, 9 July 2004.
“The arithmetic and spirit of fair power sharing”. The Fiji Times, 15 July 2004.
“Colonialism again, rugby style”. The Sunday Times, 25 July 2004.
“Tourism, 1987 and 2000: no bouncing back”. The Sunday Times, 12 September 2004.
“Tourism and Indo-Fijians: the missing link”. The Sunday Times, 26 September 2004.
“Vijay Singh: the golfing movie blockbuster of all time”. The Fiji Times, 24 September 2004.
“The kava kerfuffle: do we believe in the MSG?” Islands Business, September 2004.
“The banking massacre of agriculture”. The Fiji Times, 10 November 2004.
“Our sexual violence against children” The Fiji Times, 2 December 2004.
“Mixing beer and rum: a recipe for a hangover”. The Fiji Times, 27 April 2005. (also in Islands
Business).
“Vijay Singh marches on” and supplement on Vijay Singh. The Fiji Times, 18 May 2005.
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“Netters: missing the gravy train” The Sunday Times, 29 May 2005.
“Great concept, bad reality: proposed Unity Bill needs a rethink” The Fiji Times, 31 May 2005
“Amelia – a light shines on”. Fiji Sun. 7 June 2005. “Amelia Rokotuivuna: tribute to a brave woman” The Fiji Times, 7 June 2005.
“Who audits the auditors?” The Fiji Times, 17 June 2005.
“Living with the land boom: bonanza or time bomb?” The Fiji Times, 29 June 2005.
“An act of architectural terrorism” The Fiji Times, 19 July 2005.
“Let’s call a time out, Fiji” The Fiji Times, 20 July 2005.
“Auditors between the devil and the deep blue sea”. The Sunday Times, 14 August 2005.
“Stock markets, sharks, suckers and victims”. Islands Business, May 2006 and also The Fiji Times, ? May 2006.
“How your votes are counted” The Fiji Times, 15 May 2006
“Let’s pull together for once” The Fiji Times, 19 May 2006
“Exclusion of Pacific Islands Workers, again”. Islands Business, October 2006.
“The rugby hypocrisy continues”. Islands Business, October 2006.
“Just Wages for Fiji” date??0
“Method, not just the cause: the need for Truth and Justice” The Fiji Times, Jan 2007.
“A recipe for further instability” The Fiji Times, 15 February 2007.
“Poverty and affirmative action: facts, not prejudices” The Fiji Times, 11 June 2007.
“A wake-up call for our chiefs” The Fiji Times, 28 July 2007.
“The financial liability of tunnel visions”, The Fiji Times, 14 August 2007.
“In search of level playing fields”, The Fiji Times, 9 October 2007.
“Sailing into unchartered waters”, The Fiji Times, 13 November 2007.
“Costly coups: no catching up” The Fiji Times, 11 Dec 2007
‘Sangam’s service: beyond nursing”. The Fiji Times, 29 April 2008
“Not Charter, not growth rates, but the law” The Fiji Times, August 19 2008.
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“The grim truth behind economic growth rates” The Fiji Times, 13 September 2008
“When we open Pandora’s Box” The Fiji Times, 21 October 2008.
“When the security guards rob the bank: and the surveillance report is sent to the robbers”. The Fiji Times, 28 October 2008.
“The ACS Gang and My Gang: the need for PNGPs”. Fiji Sun. 14 November 2008.
“An evil budget: laced with deceit”. The Fiji Times, and Fiji Sun, 27 November 2008.
“Transparency, accountability and us” The Fiji Times, and Fiji Sun, 11 December 2008.
“Perpetual pollution: the need for carrots and sticks” The Fiji Times, 14 December 2008.
“MIC immoral mobile texting” The Fiji Times, 16 December 2008.
“Electoral fraud in US and NZ: coups imminent” Fiji Sun, 16 December 2008.
“The Charter Charade” The Fiji Times, 23 December 2008.
“Floods and coups: selective blindness” The Fiji Times, 31 January 2009.
“With God on Our Side” Fiji Sun, 24 Feb 2009 and The Fiji Times.
“Coup wolves circling FNPF” Fiji Sun, 14 March 2009 and The Fiji Times 13 March 2009.
“A Visionary Pacific Community”. Pacific Connections, April/May 2009.
“Nuclear testing in the pacific: what were the British thinking?” Fiji Islands Business, August
2009.
“Pacer Plus: a smoother approach” Fiji Islands Business, August 2009.
“The Rev Niukula Lecture on Just Wages in Fiji”. Organised by ECREA. (USP staff webpage)
“The moral gutting of Fiji and coming economic collapse” (USP staff webpage)
“A shameful police state” (USP staff webpage)
“Electoral reform not about racial justice” (USP staff webpage)
“Does the military really want electoral reform?” (USP staff webpage)
“Budget 2010: the great cover-up”. (USP staff webpage)
“National examinations: you don’t know what you have got till it is gone”. The Fiji Times 27
February 2010.
“The Pre-Decision Kit: a bitter sweet pill for nurses”. The Fiji Times 4 March 2010.
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“Water, water, everywhere: but not in a divided nation” The Fiji Times. 9 April 2010
“Fiji’s far-reaching population revolution” (USP staff webpage 2010)
“The military government’s media censorship and its own People’s Charter”. (USP staff webpage, 2010)
“Free Pre-Schools” The Fiji Times 30 July 2010.
“Spell well, not spelling hell”. The Fiji Times 6 August 2010.
“Sawmills crippled in Queensland”. Islands Business, October 2010.
“BACER Plus rather than PACER Plus”. Islands Business, October 2010.
“Poverty and Income Distribution in Fiji in 2008-09” Islands Business, October 2010.
“Media censorship and a deeper darkness during Diwali” (Pacific Scoop, 12 December 2010).
“A fascinating book: 100 years of Marist Brothers in Fiji: a book review”. The Fiji Times 30
November 2010.
“The 2011 Budget Oscars: burdening future generations” (USP staff webpage December 2010).
“Helping FNPF, despite media censorship”. Pacific Scoop. 18 January 2011.
“Fijians, I-Taukei, Indians and Indo-Fijians”. Pacific Scoop 16 February 2011.
“Merging Wages Councils: going backwards” Pacific Scoop 16 February 2011.
“When failure is called success, while the regime digs Fiji’s hole deeper”. Pacific Scoop. 12 March
2011.
“The “No Service Stations” The Fiji Times 16 April 2011.
“Political instability and poor PIC economic performance: the economic challenges”. Islands
Business, April 2011.
“The Great Bank Robbery: $30 millions gone”. The Fiji Times 30 April 2011.
“Your money is not fully yours”. The Fiji Times 7 May 2011.
“FNPF sinks lower” Pacific Scoop. 26 May 2011.
“The Commerce Commission: helping or harming the poor”. The Fiji Times 16 May 2011.
“Turning off tourists”. The Fiji Times 21 May 2011.
“Consultants helping the Fiji military milk the FNPF cow”. Pacific Scoop. 2 June 2011.
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“End FNPF subsidy to Fiji Governments- linking the many battles” Pacific Scoop. 20 July 2011.
“Battle to seek justice for Fiji pensioners strikes new legal defining point”. Pacific Scoop. 1 August
2011.
“Sir Paul Reeves: moderating political morasses in Fiji”. Pacific Scoop. 15 August 2011.
“Namosi Copper Mine may pose severe risks for Fiji’s environment” Pacific Scoop. 24 August
2011.
“Ending the cycles of religious intolerance” Pacific Scoop, AUT. 3 September 2011.
“Troublesome challenges for Forum countries” Pacific Scoop, AUT. 4 September 2011.
“Shoddy Tebbutt Opinion Poll by Lowy Institute” Pacific Scoop, AUT. 9 September 2011.
“A Japanese sojourn: lessons for Fiji” Pacific Scoop, AUT. 27 September 2011.
“FNPF bakes pie-in-the-sky” Pacific Scoop, AUT. 27 October 2011.
“Fiji’s cancerous conspiracies of silence”. Intelligentsiya. Nov 5 2011.
“Why good people support evil: applying Philip Zimbardo to Fiji”. Intelligentsiya. 15 Nov 2011.
“Military Regime trashes pensioners’ contracts”. Coupfourpointfive 26 Nov 2011.
“FNPF Draft Decree: Regime taking total control”. Coupfourpointfive 30 Nov 2011. and Fiji
Pensioners, 2 Dec 2011
“FNPF Transition Decree: last nail in FNPF coffin”. Fiji Pensioners and Coupfourpointfive 3 Dec
2011.
“Selective quotes from my 1998 Parliamentary contribution to justify current changes” FijiPensioners. 3 December 2011.
“Inaccurate news on life expectancies in Fiji”. Pacific Scoop, AUT. 19 December 2011.
"Why the Burness/Shameem case will not be heard". Fiji Pensioners. 23 February 2012.
Bainimarama's coup and ethnicity in Fiji- separating facts from fiction 23 March Seminar at James
Cook University. 25 March 2012.
Testing Yash Ghai's alternative to futile cynicism (27 March 2012)
Kagoshima University, Kagoshima and Japan: learning curves for a Fijian (South Pacific
Newsletter, KURCPI, 2012)
"Massive electoral disproportionality in Queensland, but no coups". Pacific Media Centre. 7 April
2012.
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Pacific tilting west to PNG. Pacific Scoop 27 April 2012. and Island Business, 30 April 2012.
PACER Plus, OCTA and FICs: beggars can't be choosers. 27 Pacific Scoop, 30 April 2012. Island
Business 2 May 2012.
"Following Captain James Cook" Islands Business, 17 May 2012.
http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/fo
cusModuleID=130/focusContentID=28524/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArti
cle-full.tpl
"Ghai's dilemma: to be more than a tape-recorder"
http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/ghais-dilemma-to-be-more-than-a-tape-
recorder/yylso on PIDP website?
"A proposal for reform of Fiji's Electoral System" Islands Business, 24 May 2012.
http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/fo
cusModuleID=130/focusContentID=28619/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArti
cle-full.tpl
"Who are the real Olympics champions". Island Business, 16 August 2012. The Fiji Times, 25
August 2012.
"What would Mahatma Gandhi stand for in Fiji today". Oct. 2 2012. Guest speaker at Mahatma
Gandhi High School on Mahatma Gandhi Day. http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/what-would-mahatma-gandhi-stand-for-in-fiji-today-
chief-guest-lecture-at-mahatma-gandhi-memorial-high-school-2-october-2012/
"Final submission to the Yash Ghai Commission". 12 Oct. 2013. http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/wadan-narsey-final-submission-to-yash-ghai-
commission-in-segments/
"The Fiji Draft Constitution: the pragmatic and the purist". 27 Dec. 2012.
http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/2012/12/27/fijis-draft-2012-constitution-the-pragmatic-and-the-
purist-26-december-2012/
"Trashing the Yash Ghai Draft Constitution: the positives". 13 January 2013.
http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/2013/01/14/trashing-the-ghai-constitution-the-positives-14-
january-2013/
"Why the Fiji Regime rejected the draft constitution." The Interpreter. 15 January 2013.
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/
"China and India in the Fiji equation", The Interpreter, Lowy Institute. 16 January 2013. http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/
Also on Pacific Scoop. 21 January 2013.
http://pacific.scoop.co.nz/2013/01/india-and-china-elephants-in-the-fiji-regime-room/#more-18976
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Also here: http://www.gatewayhouse.in/publication/analysis-amp-background/articles/china-and-india-fiji-
equation
"Fiji media moguls squashing media independence." 7 February 2013. http://narseyonfiji.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/fiji-media-moguls-squashing-media-independence-
7-feb-2013/ also at (slightly revised by pmc).
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/articles/fiji-moguls-and-suppression-media-independence
Schultz on Australian Foreign Policy in the Pacific. Island Business, 21 February 2013. http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/index_dynamic/containerNameToReplace=MiddleMiddle/fo
cusModuleID=130/focusContentID=31191/tableName=mediaRelease/overideSkinName=newsArti
cle-full.tpl Also The Interpreter, 26 February 2013.
http://www.islandsbusiness.com/news/pacific-region/448/an-emerging-chasm-in-pacific-
integration/ Islands Business, 27 February 2013.
"Private schools, the State and Religion". Fiji Sun, 27 February 2013.
Recent Media Interviews
Pacific Beat,
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/politics-not-aid-to-blame-
for-lack-of-pacific-growth/948282
http://www.coupfourandahalf.com/2011/08/professor-wadan-narsey-forced-out-of.html
Pacific Beat
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/png-missing-out-on-regional-trade-leadership/950450
Pacific Beat. 27 August 2012. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-
beat/rural-poverty-jump-in-fiji-worrying/1006058?autoplay=1006040
Pacific Beat. 31 August 2012.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/both-major-ethnic-
groups-in-fiji-equally-poor/1008638?autoplay=1008672
Pacific Beat, ABC. 5 September 2012. Commerce Commission and price control
ABC, Pacific Beat http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/price-
control-failing-in-fiji/1010936
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Pacific Beat, ABC. 12 September 2012. Destruction of environment.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/fiji-government-accused-
over-mangrove-destruction/1014400
Pacific Beat, ABC. 24 September 2012.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/fiji-wages-shrinking-
says-economist/1020026
Pacific Beat, ABC. 30 Oct 2012.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/electronic-voting-in-fiji-
could-cause-chaos/1038090?autoplay=1038046
Pacific Beat, ABC. 23 Nov. 2012.
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacific/radio/program/pacific-beat/fiji-budget-likely-to-gain-widespread-approval/1050758
Pacific Beat,ABC. 28 Nov. 2012
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacific/radio/program/pacific-beat/fiji-and-png-trade-growth-could-affect-forum-influence/1052870
SBS News. Remittances and Pacific economies. http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1722647/Remittances-keep-post-disaster-economies-afloat
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/fiji-to-get-caretaker-
government-ahead-of-2014-election/1066712
Comment on NITV. 19 Dec. 2012. http://www.nitv.org.au/fx-user.cfm?uid=E59D95B2-A999-75BE-FB40E2CF14DD3758