Countries and Regions

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Country Assistance Plans - Vanuatu

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IV. Regional Cooperation

40. As for other Pacific countries, regional and sub-regional cooperation features strongly in Vanuatu's national development strategy. Vanuatu is a member of all the major regional agencies promoting development cooperation in Pacific. Vanuatu is also an active member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, along with Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands. ADB has also promoted sub-regional cooperation in the Pacific, primarily through RETA activities. These have focused on trade, economic policy, and management issues through support for the Pacific Financial Technical Assistance Centre (PFTAC), and are discussed in more detail in the Pacific Regional Assistance Plan 2001-2003. Of particular interest to Vanuatu is the planned regional poverty assessment study. Sub-regional training seminars and workshops have also been initiated by ADB as part of its in-country technical assistance activities, particularly in the area of project implementation and public sector management.

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