Government ministries and the Vanuatu Chamber of Commerce and Industry are working together to develop the support measures.
The measures will build on the Economic Stabilization Payment (ESP), the Small and Medium Enterprises grant (SME), school fee subsidy, commodities subsidy and shipping subsidy, which were implemented in 2020.
So far over VT 1.5 billion worth of payment support has been provided.
Once the recommendations have been finalized and endorsed by the Council of Ministers, support measures will be rolled out.
Some of the measures are: