Economic growth in Solomon Islands sincethe end of civil conflict in 2003 has been driven by rapidexpansion of the forestry sector and large increases ininternational aid flows. Stocks of natural forest logs arenearing exhaustion and, as the security situation improves,aid flows are likely to flatten off. The Solomon IslandsGovernment asked the World Bank to investigate future growthprospects. This note summarizes the findings and presents astrategic vision for future growth, equity and stability.Efforts have been made to align this work with the policycommitments of the new government. Once these findings andproposals have been considered by the new Government, alongwith donor partners, specific aspects of these proposalscould be further elaborated in subsequent work.
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