Maldives Development Update, April 2014

Real GDP growth in Maldives stood at 3.7 percent in 2013 and its outlook is positive at 4.5 percent for 2014. The tourism demand is slowly picking up and has a positive impact on growth in the non- tourism sectors. Chinese tourists continue to comp...

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Main Authors:	Gomez Osorio, Camilo, Abeygunawardana, Kishan, Subasinghe, Shalika, Sun, Changqing
Format:	Economic Updates and Modeling
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ADVERSE EFFECTS AFFORDABILITY AGRICULTURE ARBITRATION ARREARS BALANCE OF PAYMENT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANK LENDING BANKING PROJECT BENEFICIARIES BUSINESS CLIMATE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS REGULATIONS CAPITAL INVESTMENT CAPITAL MARKET CASH MANAGEMENT COMMERCIAL BORROWING COMPETITIVENESS CONTROLLED PRICES CURRENT ACCOUNT CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITS DEBT FINANCING DEFICIT FINANCING DEFICITS DIVIDENDS DOMESTIC CAPITAL DOMESTIC CAPITAL MARKET DOMESTIC INFLATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC OUTLOOK ECONOMIES OF SCALE EDUCATION SYSTEM ELECTRICITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYER EMPLOYERS ENROLLMENT ENROLMENT RATE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXPATRIATE EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPORTS EXPOSURE FINANCES FINANCIAL SERVICES FISCAL BURDEN FISCAL DEFICIT FISCAL POLICY FOOD PRICES FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN EXCHANGE FORMAL BANKING GDP PER CAPITA GENDER GOVERNMENT FINANCES GOVERNMENT REVENUE HIGH INTEREST RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPORT DUTY INEQUALITY INFLATION INSOLVENCY REGIME INSURANCE INTEREST PAYMENTS INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL RESERVES INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT INVESTMENT OPTIONS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT STRATEGY LEGAL PROTECTIONS LIFE EXPECTANCY LOW-INCOME COUNTRY MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MARKET SHARE MARKET SIZE MATURITY MDP MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES MOBILE PHONE MONETARY AUTHORITY NET WORTH OIL PRICES PENSION PENSION LAW PENSION PROVISIONS PENSION REFORM PENSION SYSTEM PENSION SYSTEM REFORM PENSIONS PHONE BANKING POLITICAL STABILITY POWER PARITY PRIVATE SECTOR PROTECTION OF MINORITY SHAREHOLDERS PUBLIC PUBLIC DEBT PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC SERVANTS PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SPENDING PUBLIC UTILITY REAL GDP REAL GROWTH RATE RECEIPTS REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY RESERVES REVENUE COLLECTION REVENUE GRANTS REVENUE TRANSFERS SAFETY NET SOCIAL COSTS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL WELFARE T-BILLS TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL REVENUE TRADING TREASURY TREASURY BILLS TRUST FUND TRUST FUNDS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAGES WELFARE STATES WORLD MARKETS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/04/19402100/maldives-development-update http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18654