Kiribati 1990
- UNCTAD Geneva April, 1990
- 20 p.
Development has been constrained by a narrow productive and resource base, distances from major world markets, problems of geographically scattered islands, fragmented population and infertile atoll soil. GDP at current factor cost fell from $36 million in 1979 to $23.5 million in 1980. Government revenue plummeted by 50 percent. The adjustment effort undertaken has made it difficult to maintain adequate social and government services.
General
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
KIRIBATI
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
00024-GG
Development has been constrained by a narrow productive and resource base, distances from major world markets, problems of geographically scattered islands, fragmented population and infertile atoll soil. GDP at current factor cost fell from $36 million in 1979 to $23.5 million in 1980. Government revenue plummeted by 50 percent. The adjustment effort undertaken has made it difficult to maintain adequate social and government services.
General
LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
KIRIBATI
ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
00024-GG