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

Author/Editor: International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept Publication Date: July 5, 2018 Electronic Access: Free Full Text. Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this PDF file Summary: Tuvalu is a fragile micro state. The country’s...

Shineco, Inc. Enters into Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Pacific Islands Trade & Investment Commission

BEIJING, Jan. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shineco, Inc. ("Shineco" or the "Company"; Nasdaq: TYHT), a producer and distributor of Chinese herbal medicines, organic agricultural produce, hemp products, and various health and well-being focused...

Keynote Address by the Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Pacific Regional Conference on Anti-Corruption: Unity Against Corruption from 3 – 6 February 2020, Kiribati.

SAMOA, February 6 - I am honoured to be asked to speak at the opening of this important Pacific Regional Conference on Anti-Corruption: Pacific Unity Against Corruption. I deliver these remarks at a time when, at the beginning of the new decade,...

Tuvalu Accepts Article VIII Obligations

November 3, 2016 Tuvalu has accepted the Article VIII obligations to eliminate foreign exchange restrictions. This can help facilitate Tuvalu’s international trade and improve its attractiveness to foreign investors. The government of Tuvalu has...

Media reports more African nations face US visa prohibition

(MENAFN) The United States intends to widen its controversial travel restrictions to citizens from 36 additional countries, with 25 of them located in Africa, according to an internal State Department memo reported by The Washington Post over the...

Tuvalu: IMF Staff Concludes 2016 Article IV Mission

Press Release No. 16/256 May 31, 2016 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not...

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2018 Article IV Consultation with Tuvalu

July 5, 2018 On June 22, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation[1] with Tuvalu. Tuvalu has maintained macroeconomic stability. Real GDP growth is estimated to have risen to 3.2...

President Lai meets New Zealand delegation from All-Party Parliamentary Group on Taiwan  

TAIWAN, April 17 - Details 2025-04-15 President Lai meets delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister Panapasi Nelesone On the afternoon of April 15, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Tuvalu Deputy Prime Minister and Minister...

Tuvalu: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation

Press Release No. 14/398 August 28, 2014 On August 25, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Tuvalu. Growth is picking up modestly on a generally stable outlook, and...

IMF Staff Concludes 2018 Article IV Consultation to Tuvalu

April 24, 2018 End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do not necessarily represent the...

Tuvalu: 2014 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Press Release; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tuvalu

Summary: Tuvalu is one of the smallest and most isolated countries in the world. With a population of some 11,000 people living on 26 square kilometers, Tuvalu is more than 3,000 kilometers away from its nearest major external market (New...

President Lai pens Bloomberg News article on Taiwan’s response to US reciprocal tariffs

TAIWAN, April 9 - Details 2025-04-08 President Lai receives credentials from new Tuvalu Ambassador Lily Tangisia Faavae On the morning of April 8, President Lai Ching-te received the credentials of new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary...

IMF Staff Concludes 2017 Staff Visit to Tuvalu

August 1, 2017 Tuvalu’s macroeconomic performance has been favorable on the back of strong fishing license revenue and increased capital expenditure. Real GDP growth in 2016 is estimated at 3 percent, and is projected to rise to 3.2 percent in...

Tuvalu: Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission from August 28 to September 4, 2013

Describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the conclusion of certain missions (official staff visits, in most cases to member countries). Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the...

Tuvalu Joins the IMF's General Data Dissemination System

Press Release No. 13/104 April 4, 2013 Tuvalu joined the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) today, marking a major step forward in the development of its statistical system. To mark the occasion,...

ADB Appoints Emma Veve as Director General for Pacific

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (3 February 2025) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Emma Veve as Director General of its Pacific Department (PARD), where she will be responsible for the department’s vision and strategy in the subregion....

Tuvalu-- Concluding Statement of the IMF Mission

The mission would like to express its sincere gratitude to our hosts in the Tuvaluan government for their hospitality, their time, and many constructive and open discussions. Tuvalu’s recovery from the global financial crisis is slow, though...

President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee

TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...

From Superheroes to Silver Dollars: National Coin Week Celebrates Pop Culture and Money

April 20-26, 2025 event emphasizes money is history you can hold in your hands COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- What do Homer Simpson, the Olympic games, Elvis Presley, and Superman have in common? They've...

President Lai pays respects to Pope Francis  

TAIWAN, April 23 - Details 2025-04-23 President Lai meets US CNAS NextGen fellows On the morning of April 23, President Lai Ching-te met with fellows from the Shawn Brimley Next Generation National Security Leaders Program (NextGen) run by the...