Kiribati economic survey: Oceans of opportunity

IF 1.4 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies Pub Date : 2020-02-12 DOI:10.1002/app5.297

James Webb

引用次数: 11

Abstract

Kiribati is one of the poorest and most remote Pacific nations but has the largest productive tuna fishery. The Vessel Day Scheme implemented in 2012 led to unprecedented growth in fishing revenue between 2012 and 2015, with similarly unprecedented expansion of government expenditure from 2016 to 2019. For the first time in its history, the Kiribati Government, rather than any foreign development partner, is the single largest financier of public investment. Whereas the general economy and government finances have benefited greatly from the fisheries boom, questions have been raised around recent government spending and how long there will be the fiscal space to support such discretionary decisions in the context of rapidly increasing operating costs. Fishing revenue alone will not be enough to fundamentally shift the development trajectory of the Kiribati people. A new period of reform is needed.

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基里巴斯经济概览:机遇的海洋

基里巴斯是最贫穷和最偏远的太平洋国家之一，但拥有最大的金枪鱼渔业产量。2012年实施的船舶日计划导致2012年至2015年期间渔业收入空前增长，2016年至2019年政府支出也同样空前扩大。基里巴斯政府，而不是任何外国发展伙伴，有史以来第一次成为公共投资的最大单一资助者。尽管总体经济和政府财政从渔业繁荣中受益匪浅，但人们对最近的政府支出提出了疑问，以及在运营成本迅速增加的背景下，财政空间还能维持多久来支持这种自由裁量决定。渔业收入本身不足以从根本上改变基里巴斯人民的发展轨迹。需要一个新的改革时期。

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Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.30%

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审稿时长

6 weeks

期刊介绍： Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies is the flagship journal of the Crawford School of Public Policy at The Australian National University. It is a peer-reviewed journal that targets research in policy studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, across a discipline focus that includes economics, political science, governance, development and the environment. Specific themes of recent interest include health and education, aid, migration, inequality, poverty reduction, energy, climate and the environment, food policy, public administration, the role of the private sector in public policy, trade, foreign policy, natural resource management and development policy. Papers on a range of topics that speak to various disciplines, the region and policy makers are encouraged. The goal of the journal is to break down barriers across disciplines, and generate policy impact. Submissions will be reviewed on the basis of content, policy relevance and readability.