Solomon Islands: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
Solomon Islands: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

Published: 2005-10-13

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 9781451834352

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This Selected Issues paper for the Solomon Islands reviews budget trends in the past decade and assesses medium-term budget prospects. Aid flows and revenue from import tariffs and logging are projected to decline. Spending pressures are likely to pick up considerably, owing to the need to increase spending on infrastructure and operations and maintenance. Demands for higher wages and greater public employment opportunities are likely to persist. As aid flows are scaled back, the government will need to provide at least some of the services currently provided by donor programs.

Social Policies in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
Social Policies in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Author: Biman C. Prasad

Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1849290830

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Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are two small states that have struggled to develop successful social policies since independence. This study traces their social histories and examines factors that have hindered progress. Future development requires a move away from traditional social structures and a focus on political stability and economic growth.

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands

Author: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2004-08-12

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13: 1451834349

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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that the government of the Solomon Islands has moved rapidly to stabilize budgetary finances since the arrival in mid-2003 of the multinational Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) that has restored law and order throughout the country. The budget finished the year with a deficit of just 11⁄2 percent of GDP, compared with 10 percent in 2002. Real GDP grew by an estimated 5 percent in 2003, helped by strong fish, copra, and cocoa production.