That higher domestic demand leading to increased imports, as well as some spill over effect due to external factors have also indirectly affected exchange rate fluctuations in 2004, which depreciated around 3.7% to reach on average Rp8.934 per USD in 2004.
Fiji should be no different. I would like to see built into the education curriculum as we have done with our initial steps of financial education, some training in entrepreneurial skills and thinking. It would be nice to witness a portion of our youths developing the necessary skills to be able to work for themselves by setting up their own small businesses.