Cook Islands

In February 2013, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MFEM) commenced the Tax Review with the assistance of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre (PFTAC). On 5 February 2013, MFEM released a background paper on the Cook Islands tax system (The Cook Islands Tax Review – Explanatory Paper) to assist with public consultation. 

This report was prepared by Peter Johnston for the Division of Energy. .  This overview report summarises energy policy issues in the Cook Islands and provides general recommendations to improve both the policies and possible means to more effectively implement. . This report only touches briefly on petroleum.

This report was prepared by the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC). The document has been produced with the financial assistance of the Asian Development Bank.

This report was prepared by the UNDP. The report highlights that access to affordable and sustainable sources of energy has strong linkages with the reduction of poverty/hardship, i.e. if poverty/hardship reduction is an objective, then the provision of energy is an essential prerequisite. In the PICs, where poverty/hardship is often viewed as the lack of access to basic services, opportunities and adequate resources, the case for energy provisioning and access is particularly strong. Provision of essential social services such as health and primary education require energy services.

This report was prepared by Frank Vukikomoala,Economic Development Division, SPC.

This report was prepared by K.R Chapman for FAO Sub-Regional Officefor the Pacific. This report presents findings from the conduct a rapid appraisal on the bioenergy-food security nexus at regional level, including selected Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia Pacific island countries. The aim the appraisal was to provide policy-makers a decision-making basis for the prioritization of in-depth country assessments and further analysis to be conducted in the second half of 2009 under the FAO Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) analytical framework.

This document represents a regional consensus, affirmed at the 2002 Regional Energy Meeting in Cook Islands via the Rarotonga Declaration.

This report was prepared by the International Institute for Energy Conservation for the Asian Development Bank. 

The project is being implemented by the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) over a 3-year period starting from November 2011. This report was prepared to outline initial baseline data on energy use in the five PDMCs based on the Output 1 activities (data compilations and initial surveys)
undertaken in each country from January to September 2012.

PEC Fund Profile for the Cook Islands. Updated & revised project profile for the Cook Islands

This report was prepared by Peter Johnston. The document reports on the purpose of this assignment being to collect and compile the official country energy data for a forthcoming Energy Outlook and Databook for 14 Pacific developing member countries (PDMCs) of ADB1 in two phases: 1) phase 1 (one person-week) to collect the PDMC energy statistics available in Suva, Fiji Islands; and 2) phase 2 (three person-weeks) to fill the data gaps to the extent practical without visiting all countries and to analyze/interpret the data.