Record Nr.

UNINA9910461961103321

Autore

Becker Chris

Titolo

Small island states in the Pacific [[electronic resource] ] : the tyranny of distance / / Chris Becker

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2012

ISBN

1-4755-3207-5

1-4755-6028-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 p.)

Collana

IMF working paper ; ; WP/12/223

Soggetti

Islands

Electronic books.

Islands of the Pacific

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Abstract; Contents; I. Introduction; II. Defining Small States by population; III. Lacking Economies of Scale; A. Fixed costs spread over narrow base; B. Scope for regional cooperation; IV. Income per capita; V. Scope for Import substitution through agriculture; VI. Geographic Isolation; VII. Vulnerability ranking; A. Ranking small states; B. Empirical link to real economic outcomes; VIII. Concluding remarks; Appendix I. Country Classifications and Data; Appendix II. Data Sources and Metadata; References

Sommario/riassunto

This paper seeks to document key characteristics of small island states in the Pacific. It restricts itself to a limited number of indicators which are macro-orientated - population, fertility of land, ability to tap into economies of scale, income, and geographic isolation. It leaves aside equally important but more micro-orientated variables and development indicators. We show that small island states in the Pacific are different from countries in other regional groupings in that they are extremely isolated and have limited scope to tap economies of scale due to small populations. They often