Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity
This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) covers eight small Pacific island countries (PIC8): Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The objective of the SCD is to identify the most...
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TARIFFS POPULATION DENSITIES SOCIAL COSTS RISKS FISH RECLAMATION ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH PEOPLE MARKET DISTORTIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT BISEXUAL CARBON EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FISHERIES MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AGENDA PRODUCERS LAND RECLAMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS LABOR FORCE HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES HEALTH MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY RESOURCE USE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DISABILITIES PRESENT VALUE DIABETES EXPLOITATION ARABLE LAND LABOR COSTS OIL SOCIAL EXCLUSION NATURAL CAPITAL POPULATION GROWTH FIXED COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY OPTIONS EXTERNALITIES MIGRATION NURSES QUOTAS VIOLENCE BARRIERS TO ENTRY DEBT MARKETING ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY POLLUTION DISASTERS FORESTRY MIGRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES MORTALITY SUBSIDIES EFFICIENCY FISHING FOOD PRODUCTION TAXES CANCER LAND USE RESOURCES UNEMPLOYMENT EQUITY CONSUMPTION ECONOMIC IMPACT DIPHTHERIA WORKERS WAGES CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES POLICY MAKERS CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PURCHASING POWER DEFORESTATION DEMAND ABATEMENT NATIONAL INCOME AGGREGATE DEMAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ELECTRICITY GENERATION ENVIRONMENTS EXPENDITURES PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS STREAMS ECONOMICS WASTE DISPOSAL TAX REVENUE INTERNET BUSINESS CYCLES CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FISHERIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE LAND OBESITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS DRINKING WATER HEALTH PROBLEMS COMMERCIAL BANKS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES WATER POLLUTION FISHING GROUNDS REVENUE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE POLLUTION CONTROL RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS LABOR MARKETS WETLANDS FISHERY PRODUCTION PRICES DEMOGRAPHICS PRODUCTION COSTS ECONOMIES PUBLIC GOODS COMPETITION |
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TARIFFS POPULATION DENSITIES SOCIAL COSTS RISKS FISH RECLAMATION ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH PEOPLE MARKET DISTORTIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT BISEXUAL CARBON EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FISHERIES MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AGENDA PRODUCERS LAND RECLAMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS LABOR FORCE HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES HEALTH MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY RESOURCE USE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DISABILITIES PRESENT VALUE DIABETES EXPLOITATION ARABLE LAND LABOR COSTS OIL SOCIAL EXCLUSION NATURAL CAPITAL POPULATION GROWTH FIXED COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY OPTIONS EXTERNALITIES MIGRATION NURSES QUOTAS VIOLENCE BARRIERS TO ENTRY DEBT MARKETING ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY POLLUTION DISASTERS FORESTRY MIGRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES MORTALITY SUBSIDIES EFFICIENCY FISHING FOOD PRODUCTION TAXES CANCER LAND USE RESOURCES UNEMPLOYMENT EQUITY CONSUMPTION ECONOMIC IMPACT DIPHTHERIA WORKERS WAGES CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES POLICY MAKERS CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PURCHASING POWER DEFORESTATION DEMAND ABATEMENT NATIONAL INCOME AGGREGATE DEMAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ELECTRICITY GENERATION ENVIRONMENTS EXPENDITURES PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS STREAMS ECONOMICS WASTE DISPOSAL TAX REVENUE INTERNET BUSINESS CYCLES CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FISHERIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE LAND OBESITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS DRINKING WATER HEALTH PROBLEMS COMMERCIAL BANKS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES WATER POLLUTION FISHING GROUNDS REVENUE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE POLLUTION CONTROL RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS LABOR MARKETS WETLANDS FISHERY PRODUCTION PRICES DEMOGRAPHICS PRODUCTION COSTS ECONOMIES PUBLIC GOODS COMPETITION World Bank Group Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity |
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East Asia and Pacific Oceania Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Palau Samoa Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |
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This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD)
covers eight small Pacific island countries (PIC8):
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of
Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The
objective of the SCD is to identify the most critical
constraints and opportunities facing the PIC8 to meet the
global goals of ending absolute poverty and boosting shared
prosperity in a sustainable manner. The report is intended
to help these countries, the World Bank and other
development partners establish a dialogue to focus their
efforts around the key priorities and activities that have
high impact and are aligned with the two goals. The regional
approach of this SCD is driven by the similarity of
development challenges faced by these countries and the
importance of regional solutions to these challenges. The
SCD also highlights that economic opportunities available to
the Pacific island countries are limited. While these
opportunities have been known for a long time, the
experience of most of these countries in realizing these
opportunities has been disappointing, reflected in the poor
growth performance of the PIC8. A realistic assessment of
these opportunities as well as of the measures needed to
realize them is essential. In this context, deep sea mining
is seen by some of the PIC8 as the next big opportunity,
while at the same time many raise concerns about its
possible environmental impacts. This is thus an area that
would benefit from an objective assessment of risks and
opportunities that could inform policy choices in the PIC8.
With the liberalization of telecoms markets and investments
in fiber-optic cables that connect many of the PIC8, new
opportunities to overcome the tyranny of distance through a
focus on knowledge products may become available and deserve
a critical assessment. The Pacific Possible research program
led by the World Bank Group is providing new insights into
the potential of these game-changers. |
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Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity |
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Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity |
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Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity |
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Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity |
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Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity |
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systematic country diagnostic for the eight small pacific island countries : priorities for ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity |
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2016 |
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okr-10986-239522021-05-25T08:46:50Z Systematic Country Diagnostic for the Eight Small Pacific Island Countries : Priorities for Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity World Bank Group TARIFFS POPULATION DENSITIES SOCIAL COSTS RISKS FISH RECLAMATION ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH PEOPLE MARKET DISTORTIONS WASTE MANAGEMENT BISEXUAL CARBON EXPECTATIONS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION FISHERIES MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AGENDA PRODUCERS LAND RECLAMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS BALANCE OF PAYMENTS LABOR FORCE HEALTH CARE POLITICAL ECONOMY REVENUES SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT INCENTIVES HEALTH MODELS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY RESOURCE USE KNOWLEDGE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY DISABILITIES PRESENT VALUE DIABETES EXPLOITATION ARABLE LAND LABOR COSTS OIL SOCIAL EXCLUSION NATURAL CAPITAL POPULATION GROWTH FIXED COSTS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY OPTIONS EXTERNALITIES MIGRATION NURSES QUOTAS VIOLENCE BARRIERS TO ENTRY DEBT MARKETING ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY POLLUTION DISASTERS FORESTRY MIGRANTS NATURAL RESOURCES MORTALITY SUBSIDIES EFFICIENCY FISHING FOOD PRODUCTION TAXES CANCER LAND USE RESOURCES UNEMPLOYMENT EQUITY CONSUMPTION ECONOMIC IMPACT DIPHTHERIA WORKERS WAGES CLIMATE CHANGE SOCIAL SERVICES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT VALUES POLICY MAKERS CREDIT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PURCHASING POWER DEFORESTATION DEMAND ABATEMENT NATIONAL INCOME AGGREGATE DEMAND PUBLIC EXPENDITURES ELECTRICITY GENERATION ENVIRONMENTS EXPENDITURES PROPERTY LOGGING DECISION MAKING TRANSACTION COSTS ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC FUNCTIONS STREAMS ECONOMICS WASTE DISPOSAL TAX REVENUE INTERNET BUSINESS CYCLES CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FISHERIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE LAND OBESITY ECONOMIES OF SCALE COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS DRINKING WATER HEALTH PROBLEMS COMMERCIAL BANKS POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES WATER POLLUTION FISHING GROUNDS REVENUE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE POLLUTION CONTROL RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY PROFITS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS LABOR MARKETS WETLANDS FISHERY PRODUCTION PRICES DEMOGRAPHICS PRODUCTION COSTS ECONOMIES PUBLIC GOODS COMPETITION This Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) covers eight small Pacific island countries (PIC8): Kiribati, Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The objective of the SCD is to identify the most critical constraints and opportunities facing the PIC8 to meet the global goals of ending absolute poverty and boosting shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. The report is intended to help these countries, the World Bank and other development partners establish a dialogue to focus their efforts around the key priorities and activities that have high impact and are aligned with the two goals. The regional approach of this SCD is driven by the similarity of development challenges faced by these countries and the importance of regional solutions to these challenges. The SCD also highlights that economic opportunities available to the Pacific island countries are limited. While these opportunities have been known for a long time, the experience of most of these countries in realizing these opportunities has been disappointing, reflected in the poor growth performance of the PIC8. A realistic assessment of these opportunities as well as of the measures needed to realize them is essential. In this context, deep sea mining is seen by some of the PIC8 as the next big opportunity, while at the same time many raise concerns about its possible environmental impacts. This is thus an area that would benefit from an objective assessment of risks and opportunities that could inform policy choices in the PIC8. With the liberalization of telecoms markets and investments in fiber-optic cables that connect many of the PIC8, new opportunities to overcome the tyranny of distance through a focus on knowledge products may become available and deserve a critical assessment. The Pacific Possible research program led by the World Bank Group is providing new insights into the potential of these game-changers. 2016-03-15T17:12:24Z 2016-03-15T17:12:24Z 2016-01-20 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/02/25863455/pacific-island-systematic-country-diagnostic-eight-small-pacific-island-countries-priorities-ending-poverty-boosting-shared-prosperity http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23952 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Country Focus Country Focus :: Systematic Country Diagnostic East Asia and Pacific Oceania Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Palau Samoa Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu |