Summary of publication

This document provides project highlights for the four Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme activities in Fiji for July to September 2011, including:

• rollout of electronic cash transfer services for Department of Social Welfare recipients in Viti Levu completed
• refinements to curriculum materials for financial literacy and effective public communication
• mixed results for catalysing rural mobile money: Vodafone's launch of an international remittance service allowed users to receive funds from friends and family in Australia and New Zealand, but Digicel was having difficulty maintaining active clients (despite new products).
• research completed on possible underwriters and distribution networks for micro insurance.

Full publication

Pacific Financial Inclusion Program: Brief project update for Fiji (Quarter 3, 2011) [PDF 575 KB]