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

_IMF Staff Country Reports, April 26, 2018_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: April 26, 2018
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484353127.002

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### Summary of main findings
- Three years after Cyclone Pam struck Vanuatu causing extensive damages, reconstruction efforts are near completion with full recovery in sight.
- Capacity constraints and coordination issues have hampered the use of committed funds by donors and development partners, thereby slowing down recovery.
- 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 areas and keywords
- Subjects: 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

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_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2018/04/26/vanuatu-2018-article-iv-consultation-press-release-and-staff-report-45821_