This paper seeks to document key characteristics of small island states in the Pacific. It restricts itself to a … development indicators. We show that small island states in the Pacific are different from countries in other regional groupings …

small island states in the Caribbean and elsewhere. This paper contributes to the debate by analyzing different options to …

Natural disasters and climate change are interrelated macro-critical issues affecting all Pacific small states to … Pacific islands as a group. A panel VAR analysis suggests that, for damage and losses equivalent to 1 percent of GDP, growth …

of Pacific island countries (PICs) from their peers. Wefind that PICs are disadvantaged by distance and hampered by lower … investment and exportscompared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects fromlower …

reform agenda in the Caribbean. The paper reviewed the package of structural reforms in trade liberalization, financial … impact of institutional quality on growth for a sample of small states including the Caribbean. We concluded that the …

to identify the determinants of crises, and as a case study, we apply our models to the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union …

work on inequality in small states, including the Caribbean. Despite data limitations, the empirical analysis using a …

Pacific Island Countries (PICs) have underperformed relative to their peers over the last 20 years. Although these countries …The small states of the Asia and Pacific region face unique challenges in raising their growth potential and living …, as evidenced in the recent business cycle. The Asia and Pacific small states should continue rebuilding buffers and …

Of the countries in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, Timor-Leste has the most well-developed gender budgeting … initiative. In the Pacific Islands, a few gender budgeting efforts were initiated but did not continue. In the Caribbean, there …