Towards a Blue Recovery in Samoa

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