Tuvalu: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund

No 2014/253, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: Tuvalu is one of the smallest and most isolated countries in the world. With a population of some 11,000 people living on 26 square kilometers, Tuvalu is more than 3,000 kilometers away from its nearest major external market (New Zealand). The country faces tremendous challenges stemming from its remoteness, lack of scale economies, weak institutional capacity, and, above all, climate change and rising sea levels, which threaten the country’s very existence. (Appendix III)

Keywords: ISCR; CR; government; Tuvalu; public enterprise; Tuvaluan authorities; managed public enterprises; development achievement; Tuvalu's legal tender; budget expansion; structural surplus; Public enterprises; Global; Asia and Pacific; Pacific Islands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 61
Date: 2014-08-28
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