Papua New Guinea: Recent Economic Developments

April 7, 1998

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Papua New Guinea: Recent Economic Developments, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1998) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This paper reviews economic developments in Papua New Guinea during 1995–97. The nonmineral sector was characterized by uneven growth. Following a period of slow growth at the time of the Bougainville crisis (1989–90), nonmineral growth began to pick up, averaging 5½ percent during 1991–94. However, nonmineral output declined some 1 percent in 1995 following the onset of the financial crisis in 1994, recovered strongly in 1996 with the restoration of macroeconomic stability, and is estimated to have stagnated in 1997 owing primarily to the impact of adverse weather conditions on agricultural output.

Subject: Commercial banks, Environment, Expenditure, Exports, Financial institutions, International trade, Non-renewable resources, Revenue administration

Keywords: Africa, Balance of payments, Broad money, Central bank, Commercial banks, CR, Current account, Debt service, Exchange rate, Exports, ISCR, Non-renewable resources, Papua New Guinea authorities, Price support, Private sector, Treasury bill

Publication Details

Pages:

99
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 1998/018
Stock No:

1PNGEA0011998
ISBN:

9781451831610
ISSN:

1934-7685

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