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  "title": "Solomon Islands: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation",
  "publication": "IMF Staff Country Reports, August 12, 2004",
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  "summary": "This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that the government of the Solomon Islands has moved rapidly to stabilize budgetary finances since the arrival in mid-2003 of the multinational Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) that has restored law and order throughout the count",
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      "content": "- The multinational Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) arrived in mid-2003 and \"restored law and order throughout the country.\"\n- Following RAMSI's arrival, the government \"moved rapidly to stabilize budgetary finances.\""
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      "content": "- The budget finished the year with a deficit of just 1½ percent of GDP, compared with 10 percent in 2002."
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      "content": "- Real GDP grew by an estimated 5 percent in 2003.\n- Growth was \"helped by strong fish, copra, and cocoa production.\""
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      "content": "- Arrears\n- Commercial banks\n- Expenditure\n- External debt\n- Financial institutions\n- Public debt\n\nSource: Solomon Islands: Staff Report for the 2004 Article IV Consultation, August 12, 2004.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Cr04258\n  - Cr04258 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Cr04258 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451834345.002",
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