Countries and Regions

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p. 11 of 20 BACK | NEXT I. Country Performance Assessment II. Country Operational Strategy III. Sector Strategies A. Agriculture B. Infrastructure C. Social Infrastructure and Environment D. Governance Dimensions of ADB Operations E. Gender Dimensions of ADB Operations F. Private Sector Operations IV. Regional Cooperation V. Donor Activities and Aid Coordination VI. Cofinancing and Catalyzing External Resources VII. ADB’s Operational Program VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program IX. Local Cost Financing

Country Assistance Plans - Marshall Islands : III. Sector Strategies

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C. Social Infrastructure and Environment

1. Urban Development

35. Under the Ebeye Health and Infrastructure loan, ADB will continue to promote primary health care, family planning and health education activities as well as complete the health center in Ebeye. Special attention will be given to the health needs of women in particular especially in relation to teenage pregnancies. Additional support will be provided for youth health programs in the more densely populated urban cities of Majuro and Ebeye. As part of sectoral reforms, ADB is supporting the improvement of on-island care vis-à-vis overseas referrals, improved resource allocation and cost recovery issues are currently part of ongoing dialogue with the Government.

36. ADB is supporting the development of curriculum, teacher education textbooks and instructional materials under the ongoing loan project. A growing concern is the need to provide school dropouts, unemployed youth, adults and civil servants, retrenched during the downsizing of the civil service under the recent reform programs, with expanded access to occupational, employable and entrepreneurship skills training. A proposal to consolidate and streamline the skill delivery system to promote employment and self-employment opportunities is under consideration, with a Vocational Education and Skills Training loan programmed in 2000.

2. Environment

37. Assistance in improving garbage collection in Majuro is being provided by Taipei,China and from other bilateral sources. ADB is providing assistance to the sector through an ongoing RETA for capacity building to promote traditional environmental management.

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