April 6, 2017/IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government of Fiji will co-host a high-level Dialogue in Suva on April 7, 2017. The Dialogue on “Building Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific” will build on previous conferences held in Samoa and Vanuatu and recent IMF analytical work on this topic (http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2016/110416.pdf). It will bring together leading policy makers from 13 Pacific Island nations, as well as representatives from regional development partners, international financial organizations and think tanks. The high-level event will be opened by Hon. Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji.

Related Links:

Building Resilience to Natural Disasters and Climate Change: Workshop & High-Level Pacific Islands Dialogue, April 4-7, 2017 https://www.imf.org/en/News/Seminars/Conferences/2017/03/31/2017-Fiji-Natural-Disasters-Climate-Change-Workshop

Enhancing Macroeconomic Resilience to Natural Disasters in the Pacific Islands, June 22-25, 2015 http://www.imf.org/external/np/seminars/eng/2015/fiji/

IMF Policy Paper: “Small States’ Resilience to natural Disasters and Climate Change – Role for the IMF” http://www.imf.org/external/np/pp/eng/2016/110416.pdf

For more details about the IMF’s work in Pacific Islands Countries, please see:

http://www.imf.org/external/region/pis/rr/index.htm