Fiji among 'fiscally vulnerable' nations

Update: 10:54AM FIJI is among several countries named in a new World Bank report facing financial strains due to high food and fuel costs and now from a cascading credit crisis. World Bank President Robert Zoellick said the world should not forget the "human rescue" needed in developing countries as it focused on the spreading market crisis. Among the "fiscally vulnerable" countries are Jordan, Cambodia, Lebanon, Jamaica, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Tajikistan, Madagascar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Malawi, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Fiji, Haiti, Seychelles and Mauritania. The... [read full story]