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13 Papua New Guinea »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Philippe Marciniak Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest (463,000 square kilometers) and most populated (5.5 million) of the Pacific island countries. The country’s land area...

Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision »
Source: Financial Sector Regulation and Supervision : The Case of Small Pacific Island Countries
Volume/Issue: 2001/6
Series: IMF Policy Discussion Papers
Author(s): Klaus-Walter Riechel
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 November 2001
ISBN: 9781451972146
Keywords: Bank regulations, Money laundering, Bank and nonbank financial intermediaries regulation and supervision, offshore financial sector issues, financial sector, financial sector regulation, technical assistance, international standards,
This paper discusses issues of financial sector regulation and supervision--including those concerning nonbank financial intermediaries--in small resource-constrained Pacific island countries. It advocates stronger...

Overview of Regional Economic Performance and Prospects »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Christopher Browne The island countries of the Pacific region face many challenges in developing their economies and raising living standard...

2 Public Sector Activities »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Christopher Browne and Edimon Ginting Large and pervasive public sectors characterize the Pacific island countries. Despite the fact that low levels of private sector activity...

3 Private Sector Development »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Christopher Browne and Jong Kyu Lee Private sector activity in the Pacific island countries is a small share of GDP and has increased only modestly in recent years. The privat...

7 Options for Alternative Exchange RateArrangements »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Susan Creane, Jun Il Kim, and Laura Papi, with assistance from Agnes Isnawangsih 1 The question of what exchange rate regime best fits...

5 Remittances and Migration »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Christopher Browne Remittances to developing countries have grown steadily over the past three decades. In many countries, they now constitute the largest single source of for...

4 The Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Christopher Browne Pacific Forum Economic Ministers called for a Pacific Plan for Strengthening Regional Cooperation and Integration at their April 2004 meeting in Auckland, N...

10 Marshall Islands »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Hali Edison and Dan Nyberg The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) consists of a group of atolls and islands in the central Pacific with a total land area of 20,000 square...

11 Micronesia »
Source: Pacific Island Economies
Series: Books
Author(s): Christopher Browne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 28 August 2006
ISBN: 9781589065161
Keywords: remittances, exchange rate, balance of payments, public debt, expenditure
Charles Kramer The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) comprises about 600 islands, stretching 1,800 miles across the central Pacific. The total landmass of about 700,000 squ...