Volume/Issue: 2019/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484396131
Growth has been strong in recent years and some moderation is expected, with risks skewed to the downside. High fishing revenues improved the fiscal position, but generated pressure to increase spending. There has...
Volume/Issue: 2019/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
January
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484396131.002
ISBN: 9781484396131
Growth has been strong in recent years and some moderation is expected, with risks skewed to the downside. High fishing revenues improved the fiscal position, but generated pressure to increase spending. There has...
Volume/Issue: 2019/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484396131
Growth has been strong in recent years and some moderation is expected, with risks skewed to the downside. High fishing revenues improved the fiscal position, but generated pressure to increase spending. There has...
Volume/Issue: 2019/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484396131
Growth has been strong in recent years and some moderation is expected, with risks skewed to the downside. High fishing revenues improved the fiscal position, but generated pressure to increase spending. There has...
Volume/Issue: 2019/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484396131
Growth has been strong in recent years and some moderation is expected, with risks skewed to the downside. High fishing revenues improved the fiscal position, but generated pressure to increase spending. There has...
Volume/Issue: 2019/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
January
2019
ISBN: 9781484396131
Growth has been strong in recent years and some moderation is expected, with risks skewed to the downside. High fishing revenues improved the fiscal position, but generated pressure to increase spending. There has...
Volume/Issue: 2017/386
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2017
ISBN: 9781484333907
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's economic fundamentals have strengthened in recent years. Strong fishing revenue improved the fiscal position, strengthened the current account, and boost...
Volume/Issue: 2017/386
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484333907.002
ISBN: 9781484333907
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's economic fundamentals have strengthened in recent years. Strong fishing revenue improved the fiscal position, strengthened the current account, and boost...
Volume/Issue: 2017/386
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2017
ISBN: 9781484333907
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's economic fundamentals have strengthened in recent years. Strong fishing revenue improved the fiscal position, strengthened the current account, and boost...
Volume/Issue: 2017/386
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2017
ISBN: 9781484333907
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's economic fundamentals have strengthened in recent years. Strong fishing revenue improved the fiscal position, strengthened the current account, and boost...
Volume/Issue: 2017/386
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2017
ISBN: 9781484333907
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's economic fundamentals have strengthened in recent years. Strong fishing revenue improved the fiscal position, strengthened the current account, and boost...
Volume/Issue: 2016/292
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475535860
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's recent economic performance has been strong. Growth is estimated to have reached 3.5 percent in 2015, supported by record-high fishing revenue, donor-fin...
Volume/Issue: 2016/292
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
September
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475535860.002
ISBN: 9781475535860
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's recent economic performance has been strong. Growth is estimated to have reached 3.5 percent in 2015, supported by record-high fishing revenue, donor-fin...
Volume/Issue: 2016/292
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475535860
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's recent economic performance has been strong. Growth is estimated to have reached 3.5 percent in 2015, supported by record-high fishing revenue, donor-fin...
Volume/Issue: 2016/292
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475535860
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's recent economic performance has been strong. Growth is estimated to have reached 3.5 percent in 2015, supported by record-high fishing revenue, donor-fin...
Volume/Issue: 2016/292
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475535860
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's recent economic performance has been strong. Growth is estimated to have reached 3.5 percent in 2015, supported by record-high fishing revenue, donor-fin...
Volume/Issue: 2016/292
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475535860
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Kiribati's recent economic performance has been strong. Growth is estimated to have reached 3.5 percent in 2015, supported by record-high fishing revenue, donor-fin...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Fiji, located in the South Pacific, has a territory of 18,274 square kilometers spread over 332 islands, of which about one-third are inhabited. Most of Fiji’s p...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Kiribati’s 33 atoll islands are spread among three groups: the Gilbert Islands, the Phoenix Islands, and the Line Islands. Most of the population lives in the Gi...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The 29 atolls and five isolated islands of Marshall Islands are spread over 1.9 million square kilometers in the north Pacific. As a small island country with a...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Micronesia’s land area covers 700 square kilometers, dispersed over more than 600 islands. The country—with a population of about 100,000—is a microstate highly...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Palau, an archipelago of more than 560 islands occupying 460 square kilometers, is centered on the island of Koror. Based on 2012 census data, Palau’s population...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Papua New Guinea is the largest of the Pacific island countries, with a population of about 7.5 million and a land area of 462,800 square kilometers (about the s...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Samoa’s 193,000 people live on four islands in the South Pacific about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand and northeast of Fiji. The capital, Apia, is in Upo...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The Solomon Islands has the second largest land area among Pacific island countries after Papua New Guinea. Some 80 percent of the population of 615,000 lives in...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Timor-Leste, the eastern half of the island of Timor, has a land area of about 15,000 square kilometers. Its territory also includes the nearby islands of Atauro...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Tonga is a Polynesian state and an archipelago comprising 176 islands with a surface area of about 750 square kilometers scattered over 700,000 square kilometers...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Tuvalu, a Polynesian island nation in the Pacific, has nine small coral islands with total land area of just 26 square kilometers. It has a population of about 1...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Vanuatu’s 82 islands, 65 of them inhabited, cover a distance of some 1,300 kilometers separating the outermost islands. About a quarter of Vanuatu’s estimated po...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Many studies on small island states focus on their economic vulnerability and conclude that, as a group, these countries are highly exposed to the harmful effects of external shocks.
1...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Deposit-lending rate spreads are large in the Solomon Islands compared with the rest of the Pacific island countries, despite their recent decline. Several studies have looked at the causes and implications...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The Pacific island countries (PICs) are highly exposed to commodity price shocks and exchange rate volatility. This is the result of the structure of these economies: narrow production and export bases and,...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Economic growth among the Pacific island countries (PICs) has lagged most peer groups for more than a decade. This chapter provides an overview of the policy issues and challenges faced by these countries, a...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The aim of this chapter is to help policymakers and economists better comprehend the link between fiscal policies and growth and to use this understanding operationally to design better macroeconomic policie...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The Pacific island countries (PICs) have been integrating economically with Australia, New Zealand, and Asia’s emerging market economies over the last two decades, creating big economic opportunities for the...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Pacific island countries (PICs) are vulnerable to commodity price shocks and this poses challenges for monetary policy. The spike in global commodity prices in 2007–08 led to a rise in headline inflation, wh...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The structure of the banking sector in the South Pacific remained relatively stable over the last decade. The banking sector in most countries in the region is limited to about three to five commercial banks...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Small island states are vulnerable to external shocks and generally experience greater instability in exports and agricultural production than other developing economies.
1
Pacifi...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The global financial crisis tested the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission mechanisms in Pacific island countries (PICs).
1
At the onset of the crisis, monetary policy r...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Trade integration is widely considered to be essential for economic development and prosperity in Pacific island countries (PICs).
1
This thinking is not without theoretical or em...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Weaknesses in public financial management (PFM) compound economic vulnerabilities in many Pacific island countries (PICs). These countries face challenges in small domestic markets, high transport costs, and...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards. Small populations, geographical isolation and dispersion, narrow export and prod...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The unique characteristics of small developing states make fiscal management more challenging than elsewhere.
1
Most important, the indivisibility of the provision of public goods...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
The Pacific island countries (PICs) are among the most susceptible to natural disasters in the world. The combination of location and small size heightens their vulnerability to earthquakes and weather-relat...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Economic recovery in most Pacific island countries (PICs) following the global financial crisis was mixed.
1
Although the region’s two resource-rich countries, Papua New Guinea an...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Monetary transmission in the Pacific is complicated by the absence of a number of channels that are available to central banks in advanced economies. This leaves monetary policy dependent on interest rate pa...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
This chapter considers features of small island states in the Pacific region as well as in Asia, and documents some of the key characteristics that set them apart from small states in other regions. The chap...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513507521.071
ISBN: 9781513507521
Pacific island countries face unique challenges to realizing their growth potential and raising living standards. This book discusses ongoing challenges facing Pacific island countries and policy options to address...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Pacific island countries face unique challenges to realizing their growth potential and raising living standards. This book discusses ongoing challenges facing Pacific island countries and policy options to address...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Hoe Khor
,
Roger Kronenberg
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
August
2016
ISBN: 9781513507521
Pacific island countries face unique challenges to realizing their growth potential and raising living standards. This book discusses ongoing challenges facing Pacific island countries and policy options to address...
Volume/Issue: 2015/207
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
July
2015
ISBN: 9781513526805
KEY ISSUES Context. Donor-financed large infrastructure projects, increased public spending, and a pick-up in credit to households have boosted real GDP growth to close to 4 percent in 2014 and to about 3 percent i...
Volume/Issue: 2015/207
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
July
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513526805.002
ISBN: 9781513526805
KEY ISSUES Context. Donor-financed large infrastructure projects, increased public spending, and a pick-up in credit to households have boosted real GDP growth to close to 4 percent in 2014 and to about 3 percent i...
Volume/Issue: 2015/207
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
July
2015
ISBN: 9781513526805
KEY ISSUES Context. Donor-financed large infrastructure projects, increased public spending, and a pick-up in credit to households have boosted real GDP growth to close to 4 percent in 2014 and to about 3 percent i...
Volume/Issue: 2015/207
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
July
2015
ISBN: 9781513526805
KEY ISSUES Context. Donor-financed large infrastructure projects, increased public spending, and a pick-up in credit to households have boosted real GDP growth to close to 4 percent in 2014 and to about 3 percent i...
Volume/Issue: 2015/207
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
July
2015
ISBN: 9781513526805
KEY ISSUES Context. Donor-financed large infrastructure projects, increased public spending, and a pick-up in credit to households have boosted real GDP growth to close to 4 percent in 2014 and to about 3 percent i...
Volume/Issue: 2015/124
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Patrizia Tumbarello
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
June
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513529103.001
ISBN: 9781513529103
Reflecting diseconomies of scale in providing public goods and services, recurrent
spending in small states typically represents a large share of GDP. For some small states,
this limits the fiscal space available f...
Volume/Issue: 2015/124
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Patrizia Tumbarello
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
19
June
2015
ISBN: 9781513529103
Reflecting diseconomies of scale in providing public goods and services, recurrent
spending in small states typically represents a large share of GDP. For some small states,
this limits the fiscal space available f...
Volume/Issue: 2014/138
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
May
2014
ISBN: 9781498395212
KEY ISSUES Kiribati's key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerab...
Volume/Issue: 2014/138
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
May
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498395212.002
ISBN: 9781498395212
KEY ISSUES Kiribati's key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerab...
Volume/Issue: 2014/138
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
May
2014
ISBN: 9781498395212
KEY ISSUES Kiribati's key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerab...
Volume/Issue: 2014/138
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
May
2014
ISBN: 9781498395212
KEY ISSUES Kiribati's key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerab...
Volume/Issue: 2014/138
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
May
2014
ISBN: 9781498395212
KEY ISSUES Kiribati's key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerab...
Volume/Issue: 2014/138
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
27
May
2014
ISBN: 9781498395212
KEY ISSUES Kiribati's key economic challenges are to reduce large structural fiscal imbalances and increase growth and employment opportunities, while facing obstacles posed by remoteness, lack of scale, vulnerab...
Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Shari Boyce
,
Sergei Dodzin
,
Xuefei Bai
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Rosanne Heller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
April
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475579611.029
ISBN: 9781475579611
The work on the small states is an important component of the IMF's global policy agenda. Among the 36 member countries covered by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD), 13 countries are developing small states...
Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Shari Boyce
,
Sergei Dodzin
,
Xuefei Bai
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Rosanne Heller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
April
2014
ISBN: 9781475579611
The work on the small states is an important component of the IMF's global policy agenda. Among the 36 member countries covered by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD), 13 countries are developing small states...
Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Shari Boyce
,
Sergei Dodzin
,
Xuefei Bai
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Rosanne Heller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
April
2014
ISBN: 9781475579611
Growth and Inflation
Average growth in the small states in the Asia and Pacific region remained weak (1 percent) in 2013 and underperformed that in other small states—2 percent. Howe...
Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Shari Boyce
,
Sergei Dodzin
,
Xuefei Bai
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Rosanne Heller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
April
2014
ISBN: 9781475579611
Marshall Islands
Context: The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is going through a period of output fluctuations. The economy expanded in FY2012 by 3.2 percent,...
Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Shari Boyce
,
Sergei Dodzin
,
Xuefei Bai
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Rosanne Heller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
April
2014
ISBN: 9781475579611
DMD Zhu’s Interview on the Pacific Island Countries in Business Melanesia
Supporting growth and reforms
How involved is...
Series: Other Periodicals
Author(s):
Shari Boyce
,
Sergei Dodzin
,
Xuefei Bai
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Yiqun Wu
, and
Rosanne Heller
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
April
2014
ISBN: 9781475579611
Fishing license fees are a major source of revenue in several Pacific island countries (Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Tuvalu). In 2013 the fee earnings ranged from...
Volume/Issue: 2013/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484338353
Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote microstates in the Pacific. It is highly dependent on volatile fishing license fees, remittances, and donor assistance. The challenge is to implement fiscal and struct...
Volume/Issue: 2013/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484338353.002
ISBN: 9781484338353
Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote microstates in the Pacific. It is highly dependent on volatile fishing license fees, remittances, and donor assistance. The challenge is to implement fiscal and struct...
Volume/Issue: 2013/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484338353
Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote microstates in the Pacific. It is highly dependent on volatile fishing license fees, remittances, and donor assistance. The challenge is to implement fiscal and struct...
Volume/Issue: 2013/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484338353
Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote microstates in the Pacific. It is highly dependent on volatile fishing license fees, remittances, and donor assistance. The challenge is to implement fiscal and struct...
Volume/Issue: 2013/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484338353
Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote microstates in the Pacific. It is highly dependent on volatile fishing license fees, remittances, and donor assistance. The challenge is to implement fiscal and struct...
Volume/Issue: 2013/158
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
June
2013
ISBN: 9781484338353
Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote microstates in the Pacific. It is highly dependent on volatile fishing license fees, remittances, and donor assistance. The challenge is to implement fiscal and struct...
Volume/Issue: 2011/113
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
ISBN: 9781455287635
The staff report highlights that the economy of Kiribati showed resilience from the global crisis owing to infrastructure projects financed by foreign assistance. Executive Directors stressed the importance of pre...
Volume/Issue: 2011/113
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455287635.002
ISBN: 9781455287635
The staff report highlights that the economy of Kiribati showed resilience from the global crisis owing to infrastructure projects financed by foreign assistance. Executive Directors stressed the importance of pre...
Volume/Issue: 2011/114
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455287642.002
ISBN: 9781455287642
This report presents data provided by the authorities during 2005-09, which include Kiribati's contributions to GDP growth and gross national product. It provides a summary of central government's operations, reven...
Volume/Issue: 2011/113
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
ISBN: 9781455287635
The staff report highlights that the economy of Kiribati showed resilience from the global crisis owing to infrastructure projects financed by foreign assistance. Executive Directors stressed the importance of pre...
Volume/Issue: 2011/114
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
ISBN: 9781455287642
This report presents data provided by the authorities during 2005-09, which include Kiribati's contributions to GDP growth and gross national product. It provides a summary of central government's operations, reven...
Volume/Issue: 2011/113
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
ISBN: 9781455287635
The staff report highlights that the economy of Kiribati showed resilience from the global crisis owing to infrastructure projects financed by foreign assistance. Executive Directors stressed the importance of pre...
Volume/Issue: 2011/113
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
ISBN: 9781455287635
The staff report highlights that the economy of Kiribati showed resilience from the global crisis owing to infrastructure projects financed by foreign assistance. Executive Directors stressed the importance of pre...
Volume/Issue: 2011/113
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
May
2011
ISBN: 9781455287635
The staff report highlights that the economy of Kiribati showed resilience from the global crisis owing to infrastructure projects financed by foreign assistance. Executive Directors stressed the importance of pre...
Volume/Issue: 2009/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821918
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that inflation in Kiribati increased to about 19 percent by end-2008, largely reflecting higher food prices. The current account deficit was broadly unchanged in 2008. S...
Volume/Issue: 2009/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451821918.002
ISBN: 9781451821918
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that inflation in Kiribati increased to about 19 percent by end-2008, largely reflecting higher food prices. The current account deficit was broadly unchanged in 2008. S...
Volume/Issue: 2009/196
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451821901.002
ISBN: 9781451821901
This Selected Issues paper focuses on recent developments with Kiribati's Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF). The paper also examines fiscal aspects of climate change, and considers options for improving fish...
Volume/Issue: 2009/196
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821901
This Selected Issues paper focuses on recent developments with Kiribati's Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF). The paper also examines fiscal aspects of climate change, and considers options for improving fish...
Volume/Issue: 2009/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821918
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that inflation in Kiribati increased to about 19 percent by end-2008, largely reflecting higher food prices. The current account deficit was broadly unchanged in 2008. S...
Volume/Issue: 2009/196
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821901
This Selected Issues paper focuses on recent developments with Kiribati's Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF). The paper also examines fiscal aspects of climate change, and considers options for improving fish...
Volume/Issue: 2009/196
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821901
This Selected Issues paper focuses on recent developments with Kiribati's Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF). The paper also examines fiscal aspects of climate change, and considers options for improving fish...
Volume/Issue: 2009/196
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821901
This Selected Issues paper focuses on recent developments with Kiribati's Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF). The paper also examines fiscal aspects of climate change, and considers options for improving fish...
Volume/Issue: 2009/196
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821901
This Selected Issues paper focuses on recent developments with Kiribati's Revenue Equalization Reserve Fund (RERF). The paper also examines fiscal aspects of climate change, and considers options for improving fish...
Volume/Issue: 2009/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821918
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that inflation in Kiribati increased to about 19 percent by end-2008, largely reflecting higher food prices. The current account deficit was broadly unchanged in 2008. S...
Volume/Issue: 2009/199
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2009
ISBN: 9781451821918
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that inflation in Kiribati increased to about 19 percent by end-2008, largely reflecting higher food prices. The current account deficit was broadly unchanged in 2008. S...
Volume/Issue: 2007/297
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Paulo Medas
, and
Eric Le Borgne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2007
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451868609.001
ISBN: 9781451868609
This paper looks at the role Sovereign Wealth Funds have played in the Pacific Island Countries in achieving key macro-fiscal policy objectives, namely, protecting the budget from high revenue volatility and streng...
Volume/Issue: 2007/297
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Paulo Medas
, and
Eric Le Borgne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
01
December
2007
ISBN: 9781451868609
This paper looks at the role Sovereign Wealth Funds have played in the Pacific Island Countries in achieving key macro-fiscal policy objectives, namely, protecting the budget from high revenue volatility and streng...
