Developed in the mid 1980s to explain economic processes in New Zealand’ssphere of influence in the Pacific islands, the mirab model has proved applicableacross a wide range of island economies. Identifying features of a mirab economyare heavy reliance on transfer payments, including...

Indices of total and per capita agricultural and food production for 1976-85 al1d production data for 1976-85 are presented for 111 countries, 12 regions, and the world. Production and food indices are calculated using Laspeyres' base-weighted aggregate formula. Selected production data are...

Among all the island countries of the world, Vanuatu, a small island nation in the South Pacific with a population of 220,000 was once ranked as the most vulnerable economy on the basis of having the least resilience to withstand the adverse impacts of external and internal shocks. Vanuatu is...

Indices of total and per capita agricultural and food production for 1972-81 are presented for 108 countries and the world. Country ind ices are calcul8 ted by the Laspeyres' base-weighted aggregate formula. Selected production data are given in 1,000 metric tons by country. World agricultural...

Ibdices of total and per capita agricultural and food production for 1973-82 are presented for 109 countries 2nd the world. Country indices are calculated by the L.aspeyres! base-weighted aggregate formula. Selected production data are given in 1,000 metric tons by country. World agricultural...

This paper examines the newly constructed geographically scaled economic output measure, Gross Cell Product (GCP), of Australia and New Zealand to quantify the impacts of climate change in the region. The paper discusses advantages of using the GCP instead of the Gross Domestic Product. The...