05132oam 22011654 450 991097123560332120250426110826.09781475532074147553207597814755602821475560281(CKB)2670000000278919(EBL)1606983(SSID)ssj0000943223(PQKBManifestationID)11558981(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000943223(PQKBWorkID)10974829(PQKB)11710157(MiAaPQ)EBC1606983(Au-PeEL)EBL1606983(CaPaEBR)ebr10627140(OCoLC)870244979(IMF)WPIEE2012223(IMF)WPIEA2012223WPIEA2012223(EXLCZ)99267000000027891920020129d2012 uf 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSmall Island States in the Pacific : the Tyranny of Distance /Chris Becker1st ed.Washington, D.C. :International Monetary Fund,2012.1 online resource (29 p.)IMF Working PapersIMF working paper ;WP/12/223Description based upon print version of record.9781475536010 1475536011 9781475510263 1475510268 Includes bibliographical references.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; ReferencesThis 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 have little arable land. There is empirical evidence to suggest that these factors are related to income growth.IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;No. 2012/223IslandsComparative Studies of CountriesimfDemographic Economics: GeneralimfDemographyimfEconomic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation AnalysisimfEconomic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: GeneralimfEconomywide Country Studies: OceaniaimfEnvironmental AccountsimfHousingimfIncomeimfInfrastructureimfMacroeconomic Analyses of Economic DevelopmentimfMacroeconomicsimfMeasurement and Analysis of PovertyimfMeasurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and WealthimfNational accountsimfNational incomeimfPersonal incomeimfPersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsimfPopulation & demographyimfPopulation and demographicsimfPopulationimfIslands of the PacificTuvaluimfIslands.Comparative Studies of CountriesDemographic Economics: GeneralDemographyEconomic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation AnalysisEconomic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: GeneralEconomywide Country Studies: OceaniaEnvironmental AccountsHousingIncomeInfrastructureMacroeconomic Analyses of Economic DevelopmentMacroeconomicsMeasurement and Analysis of PovertyMeasurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and WealthNational accountsNational incomePersonal incomePersonal Income, Wealth, and Their DistributionsPopulation & demographyPopulation and demographicsPopulation332Becker Chris1816034DcWaIMFBOOK9910971235603321Small Island States in the Pacific4371677UNINA