To reiterate the views I shared at the private sector consultative forum on the 2010 national budget as well as at the Fiji Institute of Accountants Congress in June this year – the challenge before us is to raise growth – that is to raise investment and exports, improve business conditions, accelerate reforms, raise productivity and diversify the economy.
The past statistical issues in Greece are a well documented example of statistics which lacked integrity and which made it difficult to draw meaningful comparisons with other countries. 3  See Barrow (2010) and RBNZ (2007).