Small Island States in the Pacific : the Tyranny of Distance

Cover -- Contents -- Abstract -- I. Introduction -- II. Defining Small States by population -- III. Lacking Economies of Scale -- A. Fixed costs spread over narrow base -- B. Scope for regional cooperation -- IV. Income per capita -- V. Scope for Import substitution through agriculture -- VI. Geographic Isolation -- VII. Vulnerability ranking -- A. Ranking small states -- B. Empirical link to real economic outcomes -- VIII. Concluding remarks -- Appendix I. Country Classifications and Data -- Appendix II. Data Sources and Metadata -- References.