Download or read book Tuvalu written by International Monetary Fund. Asia and Pacific Dept and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tuvalu is one of the smallest and most isolated countries in the world. With a population of some 11,000 people living on 26 square kilometers, Tuvalu is more than 3,000 kilometers away from its nearest major external market (New Zealand). The country faces tremendous challenges stemming from its remoteness, lack of scale economies, weak institutional capacity, and, above all, climate change and rising sea levels, which threaten the country’s very existence. (Appendix III)