IMF Staff Country Reports

Vanuatu: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

March 31, 2005

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Vanuatu: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes fiscal management and strategy for growth for Vanuatu. It presents an overview of recent fiscal policy and outcomes. The main structural changes in the financial sector since independence in 1980 are discussed. The paper highlights some key features common to most Pacific Island countries’ financial systems. It concludes that despite the recovery from the 1998 financial crisis, the financial system needs further reforms to promote private sector-led development in the medium term.

Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Commercial banks, Financial crises, Financial institutions, Financial services, Nonbank financial institutions, Offshore financial centers

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Bank, Bank deposits, Basket of currencies, Commercial banks, CR, East Asia, GDP, ISCR, Monetary policy, Monetary policy stance, Money multiplier, Nonbank, Nonbank financial institutions, Offshore financial centers, Operating income, Overdraft limit, Pacific Islands, Parent bank, Rate of return, RBV note, RBV overdraft limit, RBV quote, RBV's benchmark rate, Return on assets, Southeast Asia, Vanuatu

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    52

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2005/121

  • Stock No:

    1VUTEA2005001

  • ISBN:

    9781451840551

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685