IMF Staff Country Reports

Republic of Palau: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

March 13, 2006

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Republic of Palau: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2006) accessed November 28, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix describes Palau’s financial sector, its recent performance, and developments in regulatory reform. The paper considers illustrative scenarios of possible outcomes for public spending levels and growth under different assumptions with respect to future grants and the long-term value of government assets held in the Compact Trust Fund. Sensitivity of the results to the rate of return on assets is considered. The paper also covers recent fiscal performance, revenue and expenditure reforms, and some financing issues.

Subject: Economic sectors, Expenditure, Public financial management (PFM), Revenue administration, Taxes

Keywords: Africa, Bank, Bank performance, Caribbean, CR, CTF value, CTF withdrawal, Development bank, Europe, Extra-budgetary funds, Global, Income and capital gains taxes, ISCR, Pacific Islands, Tourism, Tourism expenditure, Trust fund, Value

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    68

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2006/110

  • Stock No:

    1PLWEA2006002

  • ISBN:

    9781451831542

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685