Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 IMPLEMENTING DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES IN THE PACIFIC -- Fiji -- Papua New Guinea -- Samoa -- Solomon Islands -- Timor-Leste -- Tonga -- Vanuatu -- 3 FINANCIAL REGULATION OF DIGITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES -- Regulating the...

Cover -- Contents -- SPECIAL REPORT : BEYOND THE MDGs -- Setting the Agenda -- A global conversation is laying the groundwork for a new era in development -- The Birth of SDGs: How one woman's big idea energized the new development agenda -- Asia's Unfinished Agenda: MDG report card visualized...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Table -- 1 Reform Priorities -- 2 Key Challenges and Recommendations -- B1 Policy Framework for Private Sector Investment -- C1 Progress Addressing Key Concerns Identified in the 2005 Private Sector Assessment -- D1 Summary of Infrastructure...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 1.1 Existing and Emerging Emissions Trading Systems -- 2.1 Emissions Trading Systems Examined in Section 6 -- 2.2 Overview of the European Union Emissions Trading System -- 2.3 Overview of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative -- 2.4 Overview...

Cover -- Contents -- Highlights -- The economic setting -- Country updates -- Policy briefs Long-run growth forecasts for Asia: Opportunities and challenges for the Pacific economies -- Fiscal management challenges in Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste -- Update on fiscal modeling efforts in the...

Cover -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Tables -- 1 Office of the Special Project Facilitator Expenses During 2014 -- 2 Compliance Review Panel Expenses During 2014 -- 3 Office of the Compliance Review Panel Expenses During 2014 -- Figures -- 1 Snapshot of 2014 Complaints -- 2 Composition of...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- About The Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- Secured Transactions: Solving the Problems of Collateral -- Questioning the Case for Credit Guarantees -- 2 THE CHALLENGES OF LENDING -- Revolutionizing...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- Sector Assessment: Development and Strategic Issues -- Sector Overview -- Microfinance Development in the Philippines -- Insurance Industry in the Philippines -- Microfinance Sector Assessment --...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Tables -- 1 Reform Priorities for the Improvement of Palau's Business Environment -- 2 Key Recommendations to Drive Sustainable Economic Growth in Palau -- 3 Output by Economic Activity in Palau, 2001 and 2015 -- Figures --...