IMF Staff Country Reports

Vanuatu: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report

April 26, 2018

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International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept "Vanuatu: 2018 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report", IMF Staff Country Reports 2018, 109 (2018), accessed 12/6/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484353127.002

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Summary

Three years after Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu causing extensive damages, reconstruction efforts are near completion with full recovery in sight. However, capacity constraints and coordination issues have hampered the use of committed funds by donors and development partners, thereby slowing down recovery. Meanwhile, the government’s ambitious development agenda is making good progress with several major infrastructure projects completed or projected to be completed in the next year.

Subject: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Crime, Environment, External debt, Infrastructure, National accounts, Natural disasters, Public and publicly-guaranteed external debt, Public debt

Keywords: accommodative monetary policy stance, Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Asia and Pacific, CR, debt, debt dynamics, debt service, IMF quota, IMF staff estimate, inflation pressure, Infrastructure, ISCR, Natural disasters, Pacific Islands, Vanuatu