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The review evaluates allocative and, to some extent, technical efficiency within sector priorities and assesses fiscal sustainability impacts. It explains how COVID-19, natural disasters, and global inflation threaten progress in human capital, stressing risks to economic output, employment, household welfare, and gender equality.","Public Disc losure Authorized  \nExecutive Summary   \nRaising Pasifika  \nStrengthening Government Finances to Enhance Human Capital in the Pacific  \nPub lic Disclosure Authorized Pub lic Disc losure Authorized Pub lic Disclosure Authorized  \nA Public Expenditure Review for Nine Pacific Island Countries  \nKiribati, Nauru, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu  \n© 2023 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank  \n1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 Telephone: 202-473-1000  \n[Internet: www.worldbank.org](Internet: www.worldbank.org)  \nThis work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. 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Valuable inputs were provided by Vishesh Agarwal, Wayne Irava, Susan Ivatts, Yuto Kanematsu, Mesulame Namedre, Gokuldas Pai, Reshika Singh, Thomas Poulsen, Fatim Adja Lahonri Diabagate, and Sharad Tandon. Michelle Lee provided valuable administrative support. The team is grateful to the Governments of Kiribati, Nauru, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu for their cooperation during consultations, for providing data, and for sharing feedback on the report. The team is also grateful to several World Bank colleagues who reviewed and provided guidance for this work. The team would like to thank Hassan Zaman, Lars Christian Moller, Stephen Ndegwa, and David Gould for providing overall guidance. The team would also like to thank Chadi Habib, Ajay Tandon, MarieHelene Cloutier, and Jesse Doyle for peer reviewing the report. 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