Open AccessDevelopment Impacts of Remittances in Agricultural Households: Fiji Experience
Author(s) -
Zhongwei Xing
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
remittances review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2059-6596
pISSN - 2059-6588
DOI - 10.33182/rr.v3i1.425
Subject(s) - remittance , diversification (marketing strategy) , agriculture , economics , consumption (sociology) , agricultural productivity , agricultural economics , survey data collection , demographic economics , development economics , geography , economic growth , business , sociology , social science , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , marketing
This paper provides the contribution of remittance income for agriculture and rural development in Fiji at the micro-level analysis using the most recent household survey data available. On the contrary to general belief that remittances are mostly used for food consumption amongst households in the Pacific islands, the empirical results show that remittances have alternative uses by the households in Fiji. In particular, it sheds light on remittances as a driver for pro-poor agricultural production and diversification.