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International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Papua New Guinea is facing headwinds stemming from low commodity prices and is recovering from a major drought; these factors have weighed on economic growth, weakened the external position, and created fiscal challenges. Foreign exchange (FX) remains in short supply, but inflows have recently picked up somewhat. Near-term risks to the outlook are tilted to the downside, as fiscal retrenchment may have a greater impact on the economy than currently expected and the limited availability of FX continues to constrain imports and economic activity. A further drop in commodity prices would weaken the external and fiscal positions.
Mr. Yiqun Wu
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Ms. Patrizia Tumbarello
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Niamh Sheridan
Regional integration of Pacific Island countries (PICs) with Australia, New Zealand, and emerging Asia has increased over the last two decades. PICs have become more exposed to the region’s business cycles, and spillovers from regional economies are more important for PICs than from advanced economies outside the region. While strong linkages with Asia would help in the event of a global downturn, PICs remain particularly vulnerable to global commodity price shocks. In this paper, we use a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) for each PIC to gauge the impact of global and regional growth spillovers. The analysis reveals that the impact on PICs’ growth from an adverse oil shock would be substantial, and in some cases even larger than from a negative global demand shock. We also assess the spillovers to the financial sector from the deterioration of the global outlook. PICs should continue to rebuild policy buffers and implement growth-oriented structural reforms to ensure sustained and inclusive growth.
International Monetary Fund
In March 2009, the Fund established a new Framework Administered Account to administer external financial resources for selected Fund activities (the "SFA Instrument"). The financing of activities under the terms of the SFA Instrument is implemented through the establishment and operation of subaccounts under the SFA. This paper requests Executive Board approval to establish the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Center (PFTAC) subaccount (the "Subaccount") under the terms of the SFA Instrument.
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This series contains practical "how-to" information for economists and includes topics such as tax policy, balance of payments statistics, external debt statistics, foreign exchange reserve management, and financial sector assessment.

International Monetary Fund

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This series contains practical "how-to" information for economists and includes topics such as tax policy, balance of payments statistics, external debt statistics, foreign exchange reserve management, and financial sector assessment.

International Monetary Fund

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This series contains practical "how-to" information for economists and includes topics such as tax policy, balance of payments statistics, external debt statistics, foreign exchange reserve management, and financial sector assessment.

International Monetary Fund

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Le guide sur la transparence des recettes des ressources naturelles applique les principes du code de bonnes pratiques en matière de transparence des finances publiques (« le code ») à l'ensemble spécifique de problèmes auxquels sont confrontés les pays dont une part substantielle des revenus provient de telles ressources, ainsi qu'à la nécessité de faire face à la complexité technique et à la volatilité des flux de transactions. Il présente un panorama des bonnes pratiques ou des pratiques optimales généralement admises en matière de gestion transparente des recettes dégagées des ressources naturelles. Il sert de complément au manuel du FMI sur la transparence des finances publiques. Le guide a été revu pour incorporer les changements apportés au code et pour fournir des exemples récents de bonnes pratiques appliquées dans certains pays. Il offre un cadre d'évaluation des questions soulevées plus spécialement par les ressources naturelles dans les évaluations générales de la transparence des finances publiques (y compris les RONC). Ce guide est utilisé par les administrations des pays riches en ressources naturelles, la société civile, les prestataires d'appui technique et les chercheurs et observateurs intéressés par ces questions.

International Monetary Fund

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La Guía sobre la transparencia del ingreso proveniente de los recursos naturales aplica los principios de la edición revisada del Código del FMI de buenas prácticas de transparencia fiscal ("el Código") al conjunto singular de problemas de transparencia que se les plantean a los países que obtienen una proporción considerable de sus ingresos públicos de los recursos naturales y que deben hacer frente a flujos de transacciones complejos y volátiles. En la Guía se identifican y explican buenas prácticas, o prácticas óptimas, de aceptación general en materia de transparencia en la gestión de los ingresos derivados de los recursos naturales. Esta Guía complementa el Manual de transparencia fiscal del FMI. La Guía se ha revisado para adaptarla al nuevo Código y proporciona ejemplos más recientes de buenas prácticas seguidas por países específicos. Se ha diseñado con el propósito de ofrecer un marco para evaluar cuestiones específicas relacionadas con los recursos naturales en el contexto de las evaluaciones generales de la transparencia fiscal (incluidos los "módulos fiscales" de los informes sobre la observancia de códigos y normas). La Guía es utilizada por autoridades del poder ejecutivo y legislativo de países ricos en recursos naturales, organizaciones de la sociedad civil, entidades que proporcionan respaldo técnico, profesionales del ámbito académico y otros observadores interesados.

Mr. Kevin Fletcher
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Mr. Sanjeev Gupta
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Mr. Duncan P Last
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Mr. Gerd Schwartz
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Mr. Shamsuddin Tareq
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Mr. Richard I Allen
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Ms. Isabell Adenauer

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The international community has committed to scaling up aid and improving aid delivery to low-income countries to help them meet the Millennium Development Goals. Other "emerging" donors, public and private, are increasing their assistance, and debt-relief initiatives are creating space for new borrowing. Remittances to low-income countries have been on a precipitous rise, and many countries are benefiting from high commodity prices. Fiscal Management of Scaled-Up Aid explores approaches to the sound fiscal management that will be required to ensure effective and sustainable use of these flows. With a medium-term perspective and efficient use of resources in mind, this paper addresses questions that shape fiscal policy response to scaled-up aid. Drawing on IMF Fiscal Affairs Department technical assistance to member countries, it outlines factors that should be taken into account in preparing an action plan for public financial management reform and proposes specific measures that will assist countries in strengthening fiscal institutions.