Volume/Issue: 2020/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
John Kiff
,
Jihad Alwazir
,
Sonja Davidovic
,
Aquiles Farias
,
Ashraf Khan
,
Tanai Khiaonarong
,
Majid Malaika
,
Hunter Monroe
,
Nobu Sugimoto
,
Hervé Tourpe
, and
Peter Zhou
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513547787.001
ISBN: 9781513547787
This paper examines key considerations around central bank digital currency (CBDC) for
use by the general public, based on a comprehensive review of recent research, central
bank experiments, and ongoing discussion...
Volume/Issue: 2020/104
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
John Kiff
,
Jihad Alwazir
,
Sonja Davidovic
,
Aquiles Farias
,
Ashraf Khan
,
Tanai Khiaonarong
,
Majid Malaika
,
Hunter Monroe
,
Nobu Sugimoto
,
Hervé Tourpe
, and
Peter Zhou
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2020
ISBN: 9781513547787
This paper examines key considerations around central bank digital currency (CBDC) for
use by the general public, based on a comprehensive review of recent research, central
bank experiments, and ongoing discussion...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484375723.002
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Volume/Issue: 2018/271
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484375785.002
ISBN: 9781484375785
This Selected Issues paper discusses correspondent banking relationships (CBRs) pressures on the Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI). RMI's two banks currently have access to the US financial system. The Bank of...
Volume/Issue: 2018/271
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375785
This Selected Issues paper discusses correspondent banking relationships (CBRs) pressures on the Republic of the Marshall Island (RMI). RMI's two banks currently have access to the US financial system. The Bank of...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Volume/Issue: 2018/270
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
September
2018
ISBN: 9781484375723
This 2018 Article IV Consultation highlight that growth in the Marshallese economy is estimated to have accelerated to about 3.5 percent in FY2017 (ending September 30) with a strong pick-up in fisheries and constr...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339886
In this Regional Economic Outlook: Asia and Pacific, the following groupings are employed:
“ASEAN” refers to Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao P.D.R., Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, S...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339886
The economic outlook for Asia and the Pacific remains strong, and the region continues to be the most dynamic of the global economy. Near-term prospects have improved since the Regional Economic Outlook Upda...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339886
The world economy continues to perform well, with strong growth and trade, rising but still muted inflation, and accommodative financial conditions, notwithstanding some increased financial mark...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339886
Introduction and Main Findings
Global growth in 2017 was the highest since 2011 and is expected to strengthen further in 2018–19, supported by broad-based momentum across countries a...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484339886.086
ISBN: 9781484339886
Asia is expected to grow by about 51/2 percent this year, accounting for nearly two-thirds of global growth, and the region remains the world's most dynamic by a considerable margin. But despite the strong outlook,...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
09
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339886
Asia is expected to grow by about 51/2 percent this year, accounting for nearly two-thirds of global growth, and the region remains the world's most dynamic by a considerable margin. But despite the strong outlook,...
Volume/Issue: 2017/90
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jihad Alwazir
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Dongyeol Lee
,
Niamh Sheridan
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475593471
Access to financial services in the small states of the Pacific is being eroded. Weaknesses in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism compliance in the context of high levels of remittances...
Volume/Issue: 2017/90
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Jihad Alwazir
,
Fazurin Jamaludin
,
Dongyeol Lee
,
Niamh Sheridan
, and
Patrizia Tumbarello
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475593471.001
ISBN: 9781475593471
Access to financial services in the small states of the Pacific is being eroded. Weaknesses in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism compliance in the context of high levels of remittances...
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: 2016/260
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
July
2016
ISBN: 9781475520521
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is estimated to have expanded by about 0.5 percent in FY2015 (ending September 30), as the fishery sector recovered. Following a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/260
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
July
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475520521.002
ISBN: 9781475520521
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is estimated to have expanded by about 0.5 percent in FY2015 (ending September 30), as the fishery sector recovered. Following a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/260
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
July
2016
ISBN: 9781475520521
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is estimated to have expanded by about 0.5 percent in FY2015 (ending September 30), as the fishery sector recovered. Following a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/260
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
July
2016
ISBN: 9781475520521
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is estimated to have expanded by about 0.5 percent in FY2015 (ending September 30), as the fishery sector recovered. Following a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/260
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
July
2016
ISBN: 9781475520521
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is estimated to have expanded by about 0.5 percent in FY2015 (ending September 30), as the fishery sector recovered. Following a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/260
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
July
2016
ISBN: 9781475520521
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is estimated to have expanded by about 0.5 percent in FY2015 (ending September 30), as the fishery sector recovered. Following a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/038
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
July
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498345095.007
ISBN: 9781498345095
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. T...
Volume/Issue: 2016/038
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
July
2016
ISBN: 9781498345095
Small developing states are disproportionately vulnerable to natural disasters. On average, the annual cost of disasters for small states is nearly 2 percent of GDP-more than four times that for larger countries. T...
Volume/Issue: 2014/036
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498343145.007
ISBN: 9781498343145
IMF staff and completed on June 30, 2014 for the Executive Board's consideration on August 7, 2014....
Volume/Issue: 2014/036
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
June
2014
ISBN: 9781498343145
IMF staff and completed on June 30, 2014 for the Executive Board's consideration on August 7, 2014....
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: 2014/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
February
2014
ISBN: 9781616355265
This Informational Annex highlights the Marshall Islands' existing tax system's inability to raise additional revenue, discouragement of private investment, and inequitability. Careful consideration needs to be giv...
Volume/Issue: 2014/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
February
2014
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781616355265.002
ISBN: 9781616355265
This Informational Annex highlights the Marshall Islands' existing tax system's inability to raise additional revenue, discouragement of private investment, and inequitability. Careful consideration needs to be giv...
Volume/Issue: 2014/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
February
2014
ISBN: 9781616355265
This Informational Annex highlights the Marshall Islands' existing tax system's inability to raise additional revenue, discouragement of private investment, and inequitability. Careful consideration needs to be giv...
Volume/Issue: 2014/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
February
2014
ISBN: 9781616355265
This Informational Annex highlights the Marshall Islands' existing tax system's inability to raise additional revenue, discouragement of private investment, and inequitability. Careful consideration needs to be giv...
Volume/Issue: 2014/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
February
2014
ISBN: 9781616355265
This Informational Annex highlights the Marshall Islands' existing tax system's inability to raise additional revenue, discouragement of private investment, and inequitability. Careful consideration needs to be giv...
Volume/Issue: 2014/26
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
03
February
2014
ISBN: 9781616355265
This Informational Annex highlights the Marshall Islands' existing tax system's inability to raise additional revenue, discouragement of private investment, and inequitability. Careful consideration needs to be giv...
Volume/Issue: 2013/123
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Patrizia Tumbarello
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2013
ISBN: 9781484339190
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographical isolation an...
Volume/Issue: 2013/123
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Patrizia Tumbarello
,
Ezequiel Cabezon
, and
Yiqun Wu
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
22
May
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484339190.001
ISBN: 9781484339190
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards relative to other small states due to their small populations, geographical isolation an...
Volume/Issue: 2013/021
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
March
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498342131.007
ISBN: 9781498342131
Based on the Executive Board's guidance during the first stage of the Review of Low Income Countries (LIC) Facilities, this paper suggests a number of refinements to the facilities and instruments that are consiste...
Volume/Issue: 2013/021
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
March
2013
ISBN: 9781498342131
Based on the Executive Board's guidance during the first stage of the Review of Low Income Countries (LIC) Facilities, this paper suggests a number of refinements to the facilities and instruments that are consiste...
Volume/Issue: 2013/009
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
February
2013
ISBN: 9781498342285
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards. These countries are particularly vulnerable because of their small populations, geograp...
Volume/Issue: 2013/009
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
20
February
2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498342285.007
ISBN: 9781498342285
The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living standards. These countries are particularly vulnerable because of their small populations, geograp...
Volume/Issue: 2011/339
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
December
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463929244.002
ISBN: 9781463929244
The economy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands has experienced a strong recovery with a 5.2 percent growth in 2010 following strong improvement in the fisheries sector and a moderate recovery in exports. The f...
Volume/Issue: 2011/337
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
December
2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781463925970.002
ISBN: 9781463925970
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discuss...
Volume/Issue: 2011/337
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
December
2011
ISBN: 9781463925970
In recent years, the IMF has released a growing number of reports and other documents covering economic and financial developments and trends in member countries. Each report, prepared by a staff team after discuss...
Volume/Issue: 2011/339
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
December
2011
ISBN: 9781463929244
The economy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands has experienced a strong recovery with a 5.2 percent growth in 2010 following strong improvement in the fisheries sector and a moderate recovery in exports. The f...
Volume/Issue: 2011/339
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
December
2011
ISBN: 9781463929244
The economy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands has experienced a strong recovery with a 5.2 percent growth in 2010 following strong improvement in the fisheries sector and a moderate recovery in exports. The f...
Volume/Issue: 2011/339
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
02
December
2011
ISBN: 9781463929244
The economy of the Republic of the Marshall Islands has experienced a strong recovery with a 5.2 percent growth in 2010 following strong improvement in the fisheries sector and a moderate recovery in exports. The f...
Volume/Issue: 2010/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2010
ISBN: 9781451825954
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is on a path to recovery. A gradual expansion with growth reaching 0.5 percent in 2010 is supported by further growth in the fis...
Volume/Issue: 2010/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2010
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451825954.002
ISBN: 9781451825954
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is on a path to recovery. A gradual expansion with growth reaching 0.5 percent in 2010 is supported by further growth in the fis...
Volume/Issue: 2010/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2010
ISBN: 9781451825954
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is on a path to recovery. A gradual expansion with growth reaching 0.5 percent in 2010 is supported by further growth in the fis...
Volume/Issue: 2010/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2010
ISBN: 9781451825954
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is on a path to recovery. A gradual expansion with growth reaching 0.5 percent in 2010 is supported by further growth in the fis...
Volume/Issue: 2010/51
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
24
February
2010
ISBN: 9781451825954
This 2009 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of the Marshall Islands is on a path to recovery. A gradual expansion with growth reaching 0.5 percent in 2010 is supported by further growth in the fis...
Volume/Issue: 2009/056
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
August
2009
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498335676.007
ISBN: 9781498335676
This paper reviews progress under the IMF's strengthened cooperative strategy on overdue financial obligations. Total arrears to the Fund declined by SDR 11 million, to SDR 1,327 million, since the last review. Whi...
Volume/Issue: 2009/056
Series: Policy Papers
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
August
2009
ISBN: 9781498335676
This paper reviews progress under the IMF's strengthened cooperative strategy on overdue financial obligations. Total arrears to the Fund declined by SDR 11 million, to SDR 1,327 million, since the last review. Whi...
Volume/Issue: 2008/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
June
2008
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451825947.002
ISBN: 9781451825947
The strategy that has the best chance of allowing the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) to achieve fiscal sustainability after FY2023 involves substantial fiscal consolidation. The alternative (policy action) scen...
Volume/Issue: 2008/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
June
2008
ISBN: 9781451825947
The strategy that has the best chance of allowing the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) to achieve fiscal sustainability after FY2023 involves substantial fiscal consolidation. The alternative (policy action) scen...
Volume/Issue: 2008/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
June
2008
ISBN: 9781451825947
The strategy that has the best chance of allowing the Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) to achieve fiscal sustainability after FY2023 involves substantial fiscal consolidation. The alternative (policy action) scen...
