Fiji Village – 30th July, 2019
Fiji’s labour productivity grew by 12% during the period 2012 to 2016.
Acting Permanent Secretary for Ministry of Employment, Productivity, and Industrial Relations, Manasa Lesuma mentioned this during the launch of Fiji’s Productivity Report 2018.
He says this is strengthened by favourable labour market conditions due to growth in the services sector, domestic investment, increased spending on education and public infrastructure.
Lesuma also says this shows that there is a significant opportunity for the Fijian workforce to improve the value they add in terms of the output produced and there is also a need for stronger workforce participation into economic activities like paid employment or set‑up of own businesses.
This upward trends indicate that Fiji has been successfully utilising the labour resources more efficiently to produce output. Read more...
