Papua New Guinea: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix
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Summary:
This Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix paper reviews the path of Papua New Guinea’s external debt over the last decade. It explains the underlying macroeconomic framework to better understand the dynamics behind the external debt profile, and assesses the relative scale of the public external debt burden. It addresses the issue of public debt sustainability over the medium term. This paper also summarizes the government’s ongoing reform effort aimed at reducing the size of the civil service and the payroll.
Series:
Country Report No. 2004/356
Subject:
Economic sectors External debt Income and capital gains taxes Mining sector Public debt Tariffs Taxes
English
Publication Date:
November 10, 2004
ISBN/ISSN:
9781451831696/1934-7685
Stock No:
1PNGEA0022004
Pages:
60
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