Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis

In 2020, Papua New Guinea faced three crises: the COVID-19 health emergency, an economic contraction, and political turmoil. The economy contracted by 3.8 percent in 2020 and will rebound by 3.5 percent in 2021. Considering that the economy entered...

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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-351942021-09-21T13:57:12Z Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH FISCAL TRENDS MONETARY POLICY EXTERNAL SECTOR ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY INSTITUTIONS PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY In 2020, Papua New Guinea faced three crises: the COVID-19 health emergency, an economic contraction, and political turmoil. The economy contracted by 3.8 percent in 2020 and will rebound by 3.5 percent in 2021. Considering that the economy entered the COVID-19 crisis with a poor record of resilience to external shocks, strengthening macroeconomic management and accelerating structural reforms will be vital. Strengthening public institutions that deliver basic public services, especially during crises, is also important. 2021-02-26T14:27:42Z 2021-02-26T14:27:42Z 2021-01-31 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/571201614305676233/Papua-New-Guinea-Economic-Update-Dealing-with-a-Triple-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35194 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling East Asia and Pacific Papua New Guinea
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL TRENDS
MONETARY POLICY
EXTERNAL SECTOR
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
FISCAL TRENDS
MONETARY POLICY
EXTERNAL SECTOR
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY
INSTITUTIONS
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS
INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY
World Bank
Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis
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description In 2020, Papua New Guinea faced three crises: the COVID-19 health emergency, an economic contraction, and political turmoil. The economy contracted by 3.8 percent in 2020 and will rebound by 3.5 percent in 2021. Considering that the economy entered the COVID-19 crisis with a poor record of resilience to external shocks, strengthening macroeconomic management and accelerating structural reforms will be vital. Strengthening public institutions that deliver basic public services, especially during crises, is also important.
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title Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis
title_short Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis
title_full Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis
title_fullStr Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Papua New Guinea Economic Update, January 2021 : Dealing with a Triple Crisis
title_sort papua new guinea economic update, january 2021 : dealing with a triple crisis
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