Samoa
Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, OUTLOOK AND RISKS -- MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL POLICIES -- A. Financing Development Needs While Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability -- B. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies -- C. Financial Sector, Crypto-Assets and Fintech -- WITHDRAWAL OF CORRESPONDENT BANKING RELATIONSHIPS -- STRUCTURAL REFORMS -- CAPACITY BUILDING AND STATISTICAL ISSUES -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOXES -- 1. Technology-Enabled Financial Access Solutions -- 2. Lessons from Samoa's Experience With Risk of CBR Withdrawal -- FIGURES -- 1. Real Sector Developments -- 2. External Sector Developments -- 3. Fiscal Sector Developments -- 4. Monetary and Financial Sector Developments -- 5. The Role of Remittances -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic and Financial Indicators, 2015/16 - 2023/24 -- 2. Balance of Payments, 2015/16 - 2023/24 -- 3. Financial Operations of the Central Government, 2015/16 - 2023/24 -- 4. Monetary Developments, 2012/13 - December 2018 -- 5. Financial Soundness Indicators, 2013/14 - 2017/18 -- 6. Strategy for the Development of Samoa and Sustainable Development Goals -- ANNEXES -- I. Risk Assessment Matrix -- II. A Possible Fiscal Path for Samoa -- III. External Sector Assessment -- IV. Key 2015 FSAP Recommendations -- V. Enhancing Customer Identification of MTOs -- VI. The Minimum Wage in Samoa -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- RELATIONS WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.