Abbreviations and acronyms

AFSP

Agriculture and Fisheries Sector Plan

DFNS

Debt for nature swaps

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GDP

Gross domestic product

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IUU

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

KSO

Key strategic outcome

MAF

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

MFAT

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

MIRAB

Migration, remittances, aid and bureaucracy model

MNRE

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

MPA

Marine Protected Area

MSP

Marine spatial plan

MWTI

Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure

NESP

National Environment Sector Plan

NOSC

National Ocean Steering Committee

ODA

Official development assistance

OPEC

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

PDS

Pathway for the Development of Samoa (2021/22–2025/26)

PES

Payments for ecosystem services

SAMOA

Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action

SDG

UN Sustainable Development Goal

SDS

Strategy for the Development of Samoa (2016/17–2019/2020)

SIDS

Small island developing states

SOS

Samoa Ocean Strategy

STSP

Samoa Tourism Sector Plan

SUNGO

Samoa Umbrella for Non-Governmental Organisations

USD

US dollar

VAT

Value-added tax

WST

Samoan tala