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1 Library New Additions to Learning Resources November 2016 [Display 3] New Additions: This is a list of new learning resources that have been added to the Fiji National University (FNU) Library collection. Technical Services Fiji National University Library acquisition@fnu.ac.fj Telephone: Ext

2 Fiji National University Library No.s IMAGE TITLE COLLEGE 1 Population and development in the Pacific Islands: accelerating the ICPD Programme of Action at 15 /edited by Wadan Narsey... [et al.] Location(s) Nasinu 2 copies, Lautoka 2 copies, Nabua 2 copies Labasa 2 copies CEST 2 Redesigning the World Trade Organization for the twenty-first century /Steger, Debra P Learning together: directions for education in the Fiji Islands /report of the Fiji Islands Education Commission/Panel Cost analysis in education: a tool for policy and planning / Philip H. Coombs and Jacques Hallak

3 5 The political economy of Fiji /by Jay Narayan Location(s) Labasa 1 copy 6 Institutions, economic performance and sustainable development: a case study of the Fiji Islands /Biman C. Prasad and Clem Tisdell. c Class and culture in the South Pacific /edited by Antony Hooper... [et al.] Ancestry /Albert Wendt

4 9 Na vuku ni vanua = Wisdom of the land : aspects of Fijian knowledge, culture and history /editors, Tupeni L. Baba, Emitai L. Boladuadua, Tevita Ba, Wasevina V. Vatuloka & Unaisi Nabobo-Baba Higher education: a report / V. Lynn Meek and Leo C.J. Goedegebuure At home & away: expanding job opportunities for Pacific islanders through labour mobility Class and culture in the South Pacific /edited by Antony Hooper... [et al.] CMNHS Location(s) Pasifika 1 copy 4

5 13 Secondary education in Fiji: a key to the future /Helen Tavola. c1991. CMNHS Location(s) Pasifika 1 copy 14 The political economy of Fiji /by Jay Narayan Location(s) Pasifika 1 copy, Namaka 1 copy CMNHS year development plan ( ) for the enhancement of participation of indigenous Fijians and Rotumans in the socioeconomic development of Fiji /Fiji. Ministry of Finance and National Planning CMNHS Location(s) Pasifika 1 copy 16 Report on Fiji population census 1986: analytical report on the demographic, social and economic characteristics of the population. 5

6 17 Another way: the politics of constitutional reform in post-coup Fiji /Brij V. Lal. c1998. CAFF Location(s) Koronivia 1 copy 18 Ecological economic analysis of mangrove conservation: a case study from Fiji /by Padma Narsey Lal. CEST Location(s) Nabua 1 copy 19 Fiji's eighth development plan, /Fiji. Ministry of Finance. Central Planning Office. CEST Location(s) Nabua 1 copy 20 To level the playing fields: developing our small people /Wadan Narsey CEST Location(s) Nabua 1 copy 6

7 21 Re-thinking Vanuatu education together /edited by Kabini Sanga... [et al.]. 22 Trapped: a collection of writing from Fiji /edited by Seona Smiles and Sudesh Mishra; Fiji Writers Association Na Viti va Na Viti dua

8 25 Stolen words: FijiIndian fragments / edited by Kavita Ivy Nandan Report on the micronutrient status of women in Fiji: [results of the 2004 national nutrition survey] /compiled by Ruth Harvey, Penina Vatucawaqa Fiji's ninth development plan, : policies, strategies and programmes for national development / Fiji. Ministry of Finance. Central Planning Office. [1985] 28 Under the ivi tree: society and economic growth in rural Fiji /by Cyril S. Belshaw. c

9 29 Papua New Guinea: a statistical profile on men and women /prepared by Heather Booth for the UNDP/UNIFEM Pacific Mainstreaming Project. [1989]. 30 Tears in paradise: a personal and historical journey, /Rajendra Prasad The history of Fiji Football Association: / Mohit Prasad Investment in Fiji: a seminar

10 33 Economic policy in an independent state /L. V. Castle. [1973?]. 34 Economic systems and social justice: corporate greed or the common good? /Kevin J. Barr A memoir of Sir Timoci Uluiburotu Tuivaga Kt. CF: Chief Justice of Fiji, ; /Sir Timoci Uluiburotu Tuivaga. 36 The Fiji economy, May 1987: problems and prospects / Rodney Cole and Helen Hughes

11 37 The first one hundred years: the story of the Marist brothers in Fiji, /[Marist Brothers]. [2006]. 38 Fiji Islands 1999 economic report. [1999] 39 Protecting Fijian interests and building a democratic Fiji: report of a consultation on Fiji's Constitution Review, Nadi 13th - 14th July The role of investment in the development of Fiji /by Michael Ward

12 41 Rabuka of Fiji: the authorised biography of Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka /John Sharpham Location(s) Labasa 1 copy 42 Fiji Constitution Review Commission research papers/brij V. Lal & Tomasi Rayalu Vakatora editors ; Fiji Constitution Review Commission Best practice in Pacific education: learning with PRIDE /edited by Priscilla Puamau and Barbara Hau'ofa Fiji census of population and housing: general tables/ Fiji. Bureau of Statistics

13 Fiji census of population and housing: analytical report, part 1: demographic characterisatics/ Fiji. Bureau of Statistics Pacific island populations: report /prepared by the South Pacific Commission for the International Conference on Population and Development, 5-13 September 1994, Cairo Education for economic development in the South Pacific /K.G. Gannicott editor. 48 Tradition and change in the Fijian village /by R.R. Nayacakalou

14 49 Tradition and change in the Fijian village /by R.R. Nayacakalou Monetary and exchange rate policy in Fiji /Chandra P. Dulare. c Human resources development in the Pacific /C.D. Throsby, editor. ---END OF REPORT--- 14

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