Resilience and growth in the small states of the Pacific / editors: Hoe Ee Khor, Roger P. Kronenberg, and Patrizia Tumbarello.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, DC : International Monetary Fund, [2016]
Descriptionxix, 440 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm
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Subjects
Economic development--Islands of the Pacific.
Islands of the Pacific--Economic conditions.

Other author/creatorKhor, Hoe Ee.
Other author/creatorKronenberg, Roger P.
Other author/creatorTumbarello, Patrizia.
Other author/creatorInternational Monetary Fund.
Contents Part I. Setting the statge: the quest for resilience and growth in the Pacific Islands. 1. Economic growth int he Pacific Island countries: challenges, constraints, and policy responses / Roger P. Kronenberg, Hoe Ee Khor -- 2. Raising potential growth and enhancing resilience to shocks / Ezequiel Cabezon, Patrizia Tumbarello, Yiqun Wu -- 3. Building resilience in the Pacific Island countries / Lino Briguglio -- 4. The Pacific speed of growth: how fast can it be and what determines it? / Yongzheng Yang, Hong Chen, Shiu Raj Singh, Baljeet Singh -- 5. Strengthening macro-fiscal resilience to natural disasters and climate change in the small states of the Pacific / Ezequiel Cabezon, Leni Hunter, Patrizia Tumbarello, Kazuaki Washimi, Yigun Wu --
Contents Part II. Managing external spillovers, shocks, and vulnerabilities. 6. Global and regional spillovers to Pacific Island countries / Fazurin Jamaludin, Niamh Sheridan, Patrizia Tumbarello, Yiqun Wu, TIek Zeinullayev -- 7. Major economic shocks and Pacific Island countries during the global economic crisis / Patrick Colmer, Richard Wood -- 8. Drivers of inflation in hte Pacific Island countries / Zuefei Bai, Patrizia Tumbarello, Yiqun Wu -- 9. Vulnerabilities of isolated small island states in the Pacific --
Contents Part III. Tailoring macroeconomic policies to the small states of the Pacific. 10. Strengthening fiscal frameworks and improving the spending mix in small states / Ezequiel Cabeson, Patrizia Tumbarello, Yiqun Wu -- 11. Estimating fiscal multipliers using a simplified general equilibrium model of small states, with application to Kiribati and Palau / Sergei Dodzin, Xuefei Bai -- 12. Monetary policy transmission mechanisms in Pacific Island countries / Yongzheng Yang, Matt Davies, Shengzu Wang, Jonathan Dunn, Yiqun Wu -- 13. Global commodity prices, monetary transmission and exhange rate pass-through / Shanaka J. Peiris, Ding Ding -- 14. The role of excess liquidity and interest rate pass-through for the monetary transmission mechanism in the Pacific / Jan Gottschalk --
Contents Part IV. Removing structural impediments to growth. 15. Planning public financial management reforms in Pacific Island countries / Tobias Haque, Richard Bontjer, Mary Betley, Ron Hackett -- 16. Pacific Island countries: trade integration in a changing global economy / Hong Chen, Lanieta Rauqeuqe, Shiu Raj Sing, Yiqun Wu, Yongzheng Yang -- 17. Determinants of interest rate spreads in the Solomon Islands . Nooman Rebei -- 18. Interest rates, bank profitability, and capital adequacy in the South Pacific / Matt Davies, John Vaught, Ezequiel Cabezon -- Appendix 1. Fiji -- Appendix 2. Kiribati -- Appendix 3. Marshall Islands -- Appendix 4. Micronesia -- Appendix 5. Palau -- Appendix 6. Papua New Guinea -- Appendix 7. Samoa -- Appendix 8. The Solomon Islands -- Appendix 9. Timor-Leste -- Appendix 10. Tonga -- Appendix 11. Tuvalu -- Appendix 12. Vanuatu.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN9781513507521
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