Working paper

Do inflation expectations matter for small, open economies? Empirical evidence from the Solomon Islands

VITARINA H TAKANA, ANGELINE H BATA’ANISIA, TARLOK SINGH, JEN-JE SU AND PARMENDRA SHARMA  | Assessing inflation expectations as early and as precisely as possible for appropriate,… Read More

Inclusion inspires global financial agenda but how does it fare in the small Pacific Island Countries? The case of Vanuatu

ALISON BAINAURI, AROLD BILL, TRACEY WEST, PARMENDRA SHARMA, NIRODHA HAYAWARDENA AND TINGXI ZHANG The ideology of inclusion is indeed increasingly inspiring and influencing the… Read More

Monetary policy transmission in PNG

MARK OFOI, TARLOK SINGH, JEN-JE SU AND PARMENDRA SHARMA  | Literature on monetary policy transmission channels is vast—it is one… Read More

How integrated are financial sectors of the PICs within the region and with Australia?

Despite the abundance of studies, the subject of financial integration continues to captivate the interest of scholars and policy-makers alike. If adequately facilitated, directed and… Read More

Banking efficiency in Pacific Island countries

Policy makers and researchers have long been interested in the cost, productive, allocative, operational and other efficiencies of industries.  For a number of reasons—including the… Read More

Financial stability: An assessment of Fiji’s banking sector on a global scale

A large and escalating body of theoretical and empirical literature concludes that finance matters for economic growth and poverty reduction.  When operating effectively, finance works… Read More

Finance and socio-economic development in Fiji

A recent joint study by Reserve Bank of Fiji’s Krishal Prasad and Griffith University’s Parmendra Sharma and Samsul Alam begins to fill the gaps in the… Read More