Papua New Guinea: Selected Issues

November 18, 2015

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Papua New Guinea: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2015) accessed September 19, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper provides an overview of financial access and inclusion indicators, related causal factors, and both current and possible reform priorities for on Papua New Guinea (PNG). The paper presents indicators of financial market depth, development, and access for PNG and compares PNG’s performance against that of other countries in the region, at similar levels of development, and beyond. It provides an overview of country-specific challenges facing PNG related to financial inclusion that helps to explain its performance, as well as possible reform priorities in the near term. The government’s current initiatives aimed at promoting financial sector development and inclusion and their preliminary results are also discussed.

Subject: Currency markets, Education, Environment, Exchange rates, Financial markets, Financial services, Foreign exchange, Natural resources

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Asset base, Banks in PNG, Central bank, CR, Currency markets, East Asia, Exchange rate, FX, FX market mechanism, Global, ISCR, Natural resources, Pacific Islands, PNG authorities' effort, PNG economy, PNG government, PNG score, PNG's progress, Road transport infrastructure, South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication Details

Pages:

32
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2015/319
Stock No:

1PNGEA2015003
ISBN:

9781513564357
ISSN:

1934-7685

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