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Small Island States in the Pacific.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Becker, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : International Monetary Fund, 2012.
Colección:IMF Working Papers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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