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  "title": "Kiribati: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report",
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  "summary": "Kiribati faces significant development challenges due to its remoteness, limited landmass, and high exposure to climate-related shocks.",
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      "heading": "Key development challenges",
      "content": "- Kiribati faces significant development challenges due to its remoteness, limited landmass, and high exposure to climate-related shocks.\n- Recent growth has been largely driven by public sector expansion, rather than broad-based private-sector-led activity.\n- Fiscal and current account balances have deteriorated substantially in recent years."
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      "heading": "Drivers of recent macroeconomic outcomes",
      "content": "- Lower fishing revenues have contributed to weaker external receipts.\n- Increased current expenditures have raised the fiscal burden and contributed to a higher import bill.\n- The combination of weaker fishing revenues and higher current spending is potentially weighing on long-term development prospects."
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      "content": "- The government has expanded social benefits.\n- The government is pursuing an ambitious long-term development agenda focusing on:\n  - health,\n  - education,\n  - financial inclusion,\n  - infrastructure, and\n  - diversification."
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      "content": "- Debt sustainability analysis\n- External debt\n- Infrastructure\n- National accounts\n- Public debt\n- Revenue administration"
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