Author/Editor: Sarwat Jahan, Jayendu De, Fazurin Jamaludin, Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon, Cormac Sullivan.

Release Date:April, 2019

Financial inclusion is a multidimensional concept and countries have chosen diverse methods of enhancing financial inclusion with varying degrees of results. The heterogeneity of financial inclusion more...

Author/Editor: Elena Loukoianova, Yongzheng Yang, Si Guo, Leni Hunter, Sarwat Jahan, Fazurin Jamaludin, Umang Rawat, Johanna Schauer, Piyaporn Sodsriwiboon, Yiqun Wu.

Release Date:September, 2018

Asia has made significant progress in financial inclusion, but both its across-country and intra-country disparities are among the highest in the world. The gaps between the rich and the poor, rural more...

Author/Editor: Jihad Alwazir, Fazurin Jamaludin, Dongyeol Lee, Niamh Sheridan, Patrizia Tumbarello.

Release Date:April, 2017

Access to financial services in the small states of the Pacific is being eroded. Weaknesses in Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism compliance in the context of high levels more...

Author/Editor: Fazurin Jamaludin, Vladimir Klyuev, Anuk Serechetapongse.

Release Date:May, 2015

Growth has been sluggish in Pacific island countries (PICs). High cost of credit is likelyone of the reasons. While the small scale, geographic dispersion, and vulnerability toshocks increase the more...

Release Date:August, 2014

This issue of the Asia & Pacific Small States Monitor focuses on the challenges facing Asia and Pacific small states associated with natural disasters and climate change. Most tourism-oriented more...

Release Date:April, 2014

The work on the small states is an important component of the IMF's global policy agenda. Among the 36 member countries covered by the IMF Asia and Pacific Department (APD), 13 countries are more...