Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative: Background and Rationale -- Introduction -- Characteristics of Pacific Island Economies -- The Role of the Private Sector -- The Business Environment in the Pacific -- Identifying Reform Priorities -- PSDI Phases I and II: 2007-2013 -- PSDI Phase III: 2013-2019 -- PSDI Focus Areas -- Access to Finance and Financial Services -- Business Law Reform -- Competition Policy -- State-Owned Enterprise Reform and Public-Private Partnerships -- Gender and the Economic Empowerment of Women -- Monitoring and Evaluation -- An Overview of Resources and Spending -- Country Updates -- Cook Islands -- Fiji -- Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Tuvalu -- Nauru -- Palau -- Papua New Guinea -- Republic of the Marshall Islands -- Samoa -- Solomon Islands -- Timor-Leste -- Tonga -- Vanuatu -- Initiatives and Projects, January 2012-June 2013 -- List Figures -- 1 Average Sea Distance between Two Inhabitants -- 2 Cumulative Net Filings and Number of Searches in the Federated States of Micronesia -- 3 Cumulative Net Filings and Number of Searches in the Republic of the Marshall Islands -- 4 Cumulative Net Filings and Number of Searches in Solomon Islands -- 5 Cumulative Net Filings and Number of Searches in Tonga -- 6 Cumulative Net Filings and Number of Searches in Vanuatu -- 7 Number of MiCash Users in Papua New Guinea -- 8 Number of Incorporations in Solomon Islands -- 9 Number of Women Shareholders and Directors in Solomon Islands -- 10 Location of Companies in Solomon Islands -- 11 Company Registrations in Samoa since the Electronic Registry Commenced Operation -- 12 Number of Women Shareholders and Directors in Samoa -- 13 Return on Assets and Equity: State-owned Enterprises in Solomon Islands.

14 Gender and Pacifi c Private Sector Development Initiative: Number of Initiatives by Gender Classifi cation -- 15 Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 16 Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative Phases I and II, Spending by Country 2007-2013 -- 17 Cook Islands: Spending by Focus Area: 2007-2013 -- 18 Fiji Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 19 Kiribati, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Tuvalu Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 20 Nauru Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 21 Palau Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 22 Papua New Guinea Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 23 Republic of Marshall Islands Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 24 Samoa Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 25 Solomon Islands Spending by Focus Area 2007-2013 -- 26 Timor-Leste Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 27 Tonga Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013 -- 28 Vanuatu Spending by Focus Area, 2007-2013.