The Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a significant role in the economy of Papua New Guinea (PNG), as they do in other Pacific countries. They provide a range of essential services, most notably power, water, telecommunications, and transport that are vital to commerce and to the livelihoods of...

The Quarterly Economic Update (QEU) provides a comprehensive and updated analysis of recent economic performance in Sri Lanka. The QEU for April 2012 highlights balancing between inflation and economic growth, given that external demand is slowing down, and that year-on-year inflation will be...

The Quarterly Economic Update (QEU) provides a comprehensive and updated analysis of recent economic performance in Sri Lanka. The QEU for January 2012 highlighted strong economic growth estimated in 2010 and 2011, and noted some indications that the economy has reaching its potential. Impact of...

The Monitor provides an update of developments in Pacific economies and explores topical policy issues.

This report presents the supply and use tables based on the 1993 SNA for 18 economies in Asia and the Pacific region. The tables show detailed structure of the supply and uses of goods and services within an economy and enable a robust cross-country comparison of gross value added and its...