The Courier - N°160 - Nov - Dec 1996 - Dossier Habitat - Country reports: Fiji , Tonga հղում աղբյուրինec160e.htm |
Acknowledgements |
Meeting point |
Jacques Bugnicourt, Executive Secretary of Enda Tiers Monde |
ACP |
Joint Assembly begins discussions on future ACP-EU relations |
Alarm bells sound on small island states |
Country reports |
Fiji |
Political stability is the key to economic success |
Interview with Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka |
Profile |
An interview with opposition leader Jai Ram Reddy |
Seeking a lasting constitutional settlement |
'Sugar definitely has a future' |
Our daily bread - courtesy of a remarkable Fijian businesswoman |
Viti Levu - island of contrasts |
Fiji-EU cooperation: comprehensive package |
Tonga |
Hoping to maintain harmony |
Interview, Prime Minister Baron Vaea |
Profile |
Interview with people’s representative, Teisina Fuko |
Seeking business overseas |
Tonga-EU cooperation |
Switching on the Iights |
Dossier |
Habitat |
Livable cities and rural rights |
Towards a global concept of urban development - an interview with Daby Diagne |
Habitat II: taking stock |
'A house to call my own' |
Megacities |
Lagos under stress |
A Eurocrat in Istanbul |
The exploding city |
Adequate housing in the EU: rights and realities |
Cities of the Third World |
When conservation is at odds with the local population |
A new 'eco-centre' in West Africa: Two Presidents amid the dust |
The RDP challenge |
Targeting South Africa's poor |
'Guardians of Eden' |
Analysis |
Europeans and development cooperation: there are opportunities too! |
Close - up |
Eritrea: the start of a renaissance ? |
Developing world |
ECHO fine-tunes disaster preparedness strategy |
Culture and society |
African reflections |
'We make films... but we do not exist!' - interview with Souleymane Cisse |
CTA Bulletin |
CTA and the promotion of rural development through book distribution |
The Courier’s mailbag |
Bibliography |
News round - up |
In brief |
The institutions at work |
Africa - Caribbean - Pacific - European Union
Country reports
Fiji
Fiji is home to people of a variety of cultures but it would not be accurate to describe this Pacific island country as a 'melting pot'. Politics here are dominated by the difficult relationship between indigenous Fijians and the descendants of indentured Indian labourers brought in to work the sugar cane fields. We look at how this situation affects the economy - which everyone acknowledges has considerable potential, and examine the prospects for ethnic rapprochement as the nation begins a 'great debase' on the future shape of its Constitution.
Tonga
Tonga appears like a haven of tranquility in a turbulent world. A society which respects hierarchies and is strongly attached to 'traditional values', it is also one of the few remaining places with a hereditary ruler who wields substantial power. But outside influences cannot be ignored altogether and nations everywhere are having to adapt to living in the 'global village'. Our report focuses on the possible consequences of this for the 'Friendly Islands' as the new millenium approaches.
Dossier
Habitat
The concept of 'habitat' conjures up different things to different people - from the right to a roof over one's head to the way in which we manage the flora and fauna of the planet. In our dossier, we consider the legacy of the United Nations 'Habitat' Conference held in Istanbul earlier this year. We also highlight some of the initiatives being taken to improve the quality of people's living environment.