[June 17, 2025, by Lucy Cooper] Growth in the Pacific has slowed, inflation has fallen, and the female workforce is being under-utilised; those are the key findings of The World Bank’s latest Economic Update.

The semi-annual update focused on eleven countries, which includes Fiji, Solomon Islands, Palau, Vanuatu, Tonga, Samoa, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Micronesia, Tuvalu, and Kiribati.

The report noted that growth in the Pacific has slowed down from 5.5% in 2023 to 3.8% in 2024.

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