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Samoa: Technical Assistance Report—Climate Macroeconomic Assessment Program

March 21, 2022

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Samoa: Technical Assistance Report—Climate Macroeconomic Assessment Program, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2022) accessed October 6, 2024

Summary

Samoa is highly exposed to natural hazards such as tropical cyclones, earthquakes, tsunamis, droughts, and floods. These damage economic growth and impact debt sustainability adversely. Increasing frequency and intensity of coastal storms are likely to amplify damage to infrastructure and livelihoods. Slow-moving climate stresses such as sea level rise and increasing heat hazard are also likely to impact potential growth in the main economic sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, and tourism.

Subject: Climate change, Climate finance, Climate policy, Environment, International organization, Monetary policy, Natural disasters

Keywords: Adaptation investment, Adaptation Policy gap assessment, Asia and Pacific, C. meeting emission reduction, Climate change, Climate finance, Climate policy, Global, Natural disasters, Risk financing initiative, Samoa climate change policy

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    62

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2022/083

  • Stock No:

    1WSMEA2022001

  • ISBN:

    9798400205569

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

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