UID:
edocfu_9959245401302883
Format:
1 online resource (462 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4755-2271-1
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1-4755-2293-2
Note:
Includes index.
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Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Part I: Setting the Stage: The Quest for Resilience and Growth in the Pacific Islands; 1 Economic Growth in the Pacific Island Countries-Challenges, Constraints, and Policy Responses; 2 Raising Potential Growth and Enhancing Resilience to Shocks; 3 Building Resilience in the Pacific Island Countries; 4 The Pacific Speed of Growth: How Fast Can It Be and What Determines It?; 5 Strengthening Macro-Fiscal Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Small States of the Pacific
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Part II: Managing External Spillovers, Shocks, and Vulnerabilities6 Global and Regional Spillovers to Pacific Island Countries; 7 Major Economic Shocks and Pacific Island Countries during the Global Economic Crisis; 8 Drivers of Inflation in the Pacific Island Countries; 9 Vulnerabilities of Isolated Small Island States in the Pacific; Part III: Tailoring Macroeconomic Policies to the Small States of the Pacific; 10 Strengthening Fiscal Frameworks and Improving the Spending Mix in Small States
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11 Estimating Fiscal Multipliers Using a Simplified General Equilibrium Model of Small States, with Application to Kiribati and Palau12 Monetary Policy Transmission Mechanisms in Pacific Island Countries; 13 Global Commodity Prices, Monetary Transmission, and Exchange Rate Pass-Through; 14 The Role of Excess Liquidity and Interest Rate Pass-Through for the Monetary Transmission Mechanism in the Pacific; Part IV: Removing Structural Impediments to Growth; 15 Planning Public Financial Management Reforms in Pacific Island Countries
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16 Pacific Island Countries: Trade Integration in a Changing Global Economy17 Determinants of Interest Rate Spreads in the Solomon Islands; 18 Interest Rates, Bank Profitability, and Capital Adequacy in the South Pacific; 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; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-5135-0752-4
Language:
English
