Poverty In Fiji

Since the documentary was shown during our lecture session on military politics, I assumed that it is a documentary regarding the military coup ruling the country. Located in centre of South Pacific Ocean, the Fiji is well-known for its beautiful islands and nature, which are significant assets to the nation’s tourism industry. The fact that the country is governed by military regime does not affect its remarkable tourism industry development, as Fiji still becomes a preference for tourists’ holiday destination. Hence, it can be seen that the presence of Fiji’s military regime is not noticeable to outsiders and the ones who experience the effect of the military regime are the local people of the country; this is depicted by the title of the

People live in really cramped condition in squatter camps existed in rural and also urban areas. Poverty in Fiji has gradually increasing since its independence. Bainimarama said that the interim government tries to stop the poor living condition of Fijians as families start to move to urban areas for education, and therefore making effort to provide education in rural areas so that the people do not have to migrate. In the documentary, I agree with Father Bar’s effort to encourage people to voice the problems surrounding them. Therefore, in my opinion, the most important aspect in order to help the community to improve their life is education among the people in the first place. Education enables people to be aware of what happens around them particularly in terms of politics, economic and social in the country. Fiji’s national income depends on its tourism and sugar industry. However, both of the industries are in jeopardy. Fiji is an affordable holiday destination; tourists could get a great deal of seven nights stay for the price of four nights. This is due to the radical devaluation of Fiji dollar. Therefore, hotels and the employees suffer as they do not make much profit. The sugar industry is in serious trouble; the failing infrastructure across the country has caused the production cost of sugar increases. Quarter of Fijian population depends on the industry, but it is getting harder to make money as the cost of production is high but the sugar price is going low. In the case of Fiji’s economic instability, I think the government should play its role to help restructure the economy of the country. For instance, in Keynesianism the key to economic growth is real investment by the government especially in new infrastructure