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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818628503321

Titolo

Building a dynamic Pacific economy : strengthening the private sector in Papua New Guinea / / Asian Development Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mandaluyong City, Philippines : , : Asian Development Bank, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

92-9254-900-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (84 p.)

Collana

Country Sector and Thematic Assessments

Disciplina

330.9953

Soggetti

Economic development - Papua New Guinea

Free enterprise - Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Economic policy

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; Contents; Tables, Figures, and Boxes; Abbreviations; Foreword; 1 Overview; Economic Management; Reforming Banks and Capital Markets; The State's Role; Competition; State-Owned Enterprises; Agriculture; Infrastructure; Key Recommendations; 2 Introduction; Development Vision; Private Sector Assessment 2008; 3 Economic Policies to Support Private Sector Growth; 4 Reforming Banking and Capital Markets; Financial Markets; Policy Reforms Promoting Private Sector Growth; 5 The Political Economy; The State's Role; Security and Justice; Gender-Related Barriers to Growth

Encouraging Small and Medium-Sized EnterprisesGovernance; Reforming the Tax System; Commercial Legal Framework; 6 Competition; 7 State-Owned Enterprises Burden the Economy; Wasted Public Resources; Toward Policy Reform; The Kumul Trust Holdings: Unclear Purpose; 8 Agriculture; 9 Infrastructure; Electricity; Roads; References; Tables; 1 Key Recommendations; 2 Private Sector Assessment 2008 Recommendations and Progress as of 30 June 2014; 3 Reform Measures; Figures; 1 Bank Provisioning to Nonperforming Loans, 2010-2014 (%); 2 Banks' Capital Adequacy and Loan-to-Deposit Ratios, 2010-2014 (%)

3 Banks' Return on Assets and Equity, 2010-2014 (%)4 Papua New Guinea State-Owned Enterprise Portfolio Assets, FY 2012 (K6 billion);



Boxes; 1 Shortcomings of Tax Incentives; 2 Characteristics of Effective Legislative and Governance Frameworks; 3 International Examples of Failed State-Owned Enterprise Policies Offer Guidance; 4 Tree Crop Production in Papua New Guinea and Household Welfare