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PROJECT DATA SHEET 1993

Project Name:

Formulation of Pacific Regional Economic and Financial Management Projects

Country:

Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Western Samoa

Project Location within Country:

UNDP (Suva and New York Offices) and IMF (Washington D.C)

 

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Name of Client:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Professional staff provided by your Company:

Principal Consultant

 

No. of Staff: 1

No. of Man-months: 2

Start Date: (Month/Year)

September 1992

Completion Date: (Month /Year)

January 1993

 

Name of associated firm(s) if any:

Naisoro Finance (Fiji)

No. of man-months of professional staff provided by associated firm(s):

1

Name of Senior Staff (Project Director/Coordinator: Team Leader) involved and functions performed:

 Senior Consultant

Visited Western Samoa, Fiji and Vanuatu before holding consultations with delegations of Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Western Samoa at the 1993 IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington D.C. Also had detailed discussions with IMF and UNDP (New York) to establish guidelines for IMF/UNDP collaboration in executing the proposed regional project to assist the Pacific Island Countries with financial and economic management reforms. A project formulation framework (PFF) based on UNDP format was produced after the consultations to approve UNDP/IMF funding for the regional project.

Detailed Narrative Description of Project:

Based on the consultations a regional project was formulated to establish a centre at the Reserve Bank of Fiji, managed by the IMF to provide technical assistance and training to the Pacific Island Countries focusing on budget management, tax reform, bank supervision and balance of payment statistics. The regional centre is envisaged to ultimately coordinate the interventions of all donors for the economic and financial management reforms.

Detailed Description of Actual Services provided by your Company:

Refer to above