## Tuvalu: 2018 Article IV Consultation – Press Release; Staff Report and Statement by the Executive Director for Tuvalu

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 5, 2018_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 5, 2018
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- Volume: 2018
- Issue: 209
- Pages: 65
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484366264.002

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### Summary and key findings
- Tuvalu is a fragile micro state.
- The country’s remoteness, narrow production base, and weak banking sector constrain private sector activity, leaving public expenditure as the main source of growth.
- The DSA finds that Tuvalu remains at high risk of debt distress.

### Thematic areas covered
- Agroindustries
- Climate change
- Economic sectors
- Environment
- External debt
- Public debt
- Public financial management (PFM)
- Revenue administration

### Keywords (as provided)
- Agroindustries
- BOP TA
- Climate change
- CR
- debt
- deficit
- fishing revenue
- fishing revenue forecast
- Global
- government
- ISCR
- medical treatment scheme
- Pacific Islands
- Tuvalu
- Tuvaluan authorities

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