Solomon Islands: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 2004/255, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper examines prospects for increasing growth and reducing poverty in the Solomon Islands. The paper highlights that agriculture constitutes the largest sector of the Solomon Islands economy, averaging about 20 percent of GDP throughout the 1990s. The Solomon Islands also has large fish resources, and the fisheries sector accounted for an average of 7 percent of GDP and 30 percent of total exports in the 1990s. The paper also examines the state of the financial sector in the Solomon Islands.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; nonbank institution; return on assets; private sector; restructuring discussion; government default; balance sheet; capital base; national bank; income tax; net income; Solomon Islands economy; Income; Commercial banks; Agroindustries; Loans; Pacific Islands (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 70
Date: 2004-08-12
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