Submitted papers: Post-COVID-19 socioeconomic recovery in Fiji: A narrative with lessons for the future

This paper focuses on major socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Fiji. It includes a discussion on the country’s crisis management initiatives and on the view that the post-COVID-19 socioeconomic recovery is likely to be stressful for this small and vulnerable economy. It also provides imperatives for improving socioeconomic welfare by accelerating economic activity in the new normal and presents the following suggestions for moving the economy forward: promote economic diversification; develop and commercialize economic activity in neglected industries; and deepen technology for manufacturing. Some of these suggestions are also applicable to other small and vulnerable economies.