This Selected Issues paper on Samoa reports that remittances are the main source of foreign exchange to the Samoan …

This 2005 Article IV Consultation for Samoa reports that the combination of sound economic management and structural … commitment to sound macroeconomic and reform policies, Samoa became one of the best managed economies in the Pacific Island … region. The level of public debt has steadily declined from more than 90 percent to about 50 percent. Samoa also made …

monetary transmission in Samoa has improved over time; however, it is still below international standards. The adverse impact … infrastructure. State-owned enterprises (SOE) continue to play an important role in Samoa, and the key to successful SOE reform in … Samoa will be placing them on a fully commercial footing …

Samoa has suffered severe social and economic shocks. The outlook is challenging and subject to considerable …

This paper reviews economic developments in Western Samoa during 1990–94. Economic growth resumed in 1993, led by a …

two consecutive years of contraction, real GDP has expanded by 2 percent in 2010–11. The Central Bank of Samoa has … lift Samoa’s economic growth and to ensure financial stability. Considerable progress has been made in tapping customary …

This report reviews the Observance of Standards and Codes on the Fiscal Transparency Module for Samoa. The assessment … reveals that as a result of reforms over a number of years, Samoa has made substantial progress in improving fiscal …