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SPC works on crops, Fiji Times Online, July 2010, archived from the original on 2010-07-15; Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees, SPC Land Resources Division; Moorhead, Anne (March 2010), Agrobiodiversity challenges in the Pacific, New Agriculturalist; Plant bank to preserve biodiversity of Pacific crops, SciDevNet
The Public Service Commission (PSC) is a statutory agency in Fiji within the Ministry of Civil Service that is responsible for overseeing standards of all civil servants. [ 1 ] Established in 1970 by Fiji's constitution, the Commission is led by a chairperson and consists of not less than three and not more than five members; all appointed by ...
Reserve Bank of Fiji; Local banks. Bank of South Pacific; ANZ (Fiji) HFC (Fiji) Westpac (Fiji) Bank of Baroda; BRED Bank (Fiji) Kiribati. Central bank.
The Reserve Bank of Fiji (RBF; Fijian: Maroroi Baqe ni Viti) is the central bank of the Pacific island country of Fiji. Its responsibilities include the issue of currency , control of the money supply , currency exchange , monetary stability, promotion of sound finances, and fostering economic development .
In 1972, the first South Pacific Arts Festival was convened by SPC in Suva, Fiji. The event drew more than 1000 participants from 14 countries. In 1975 SPC created a Council of Pacific Arts, permanently making culture issues a part of the SPC mandate and establishing the Festival of Pacific Arts as a regular event.
However, the bank's owners sold it in 1876 to the Bank of New Zealand ; ANZ Group acquired BNZ’s operations in 1990 after 114 years of Bank of New Zealand ownership. [ 1 ] ANZ’s own entry into the Pacific region dates back to 16 December 1880 when the Union Bank of Australia (est.1837) opened a branch in the old capital of Fiji, Levuka . [ 2 ]
The Fijian government established the National Bank of Fiji (NBF) in 1976 on the base of the Savings Bank of Fiji, founded in 1907.After the 1987 coup, the NBF made a push to serve the indigenous Fijian population (in contradistinction to the Fijian population of Indian origin) by introducing new services, expanding its staff by hiring mainly indigenous Fijians, and increasing its lending to ...
The economy of Fiji is one of the most developed among the Pacific islands. Nevertheless, Fiji is a developing country endowed with forest , mineral and fish resources. The country has a large agriculture sector heavily based on subsistence agriculture .