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Responding to the Priorities of the Poor: A Pacific Strategy for the Asian Development Bank 2005-2009
Updated: 17 November 2004

Publication Date: October 2004

This is an important juncture for the Pacific. The development performance of the Pacific developing member countries (PDMCs) of the ADB over the past decade has been mixed. All PDMCs face significant challenges in generating broad-based and sustained economic growth from small, high cost and narrowly focused economies.

The Pacific Strategy 2005 - 2009 provides a framework for ADB operations in its 14 PDMCs and for ADB support to Pacific regional cooperation. Detailed strategies and programs will be developed at the country level, in support of the PDMCs national development programs. The Pacific Strategy highlights differences among PDMCs, but also addresses common challenges.

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Strategy and Program Assessments
As part of the preparation of ADB’s Country Strategy and Program (CSP), and subsequent updates, ADB commissions various background studies that identify constraints to sector development and recommend measures to address these shortcomings.

The findings of these studies provide critical inputs that strengthen the analysis and recommendations of the CSP.

Available Assessment Reports

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Contents

Executive Summary

  1. Introduction

  2. Current Development Trends and Issues

    1. Economic Growth
    2. Private Sector
    3. Poverty
    4. Social Development
    5. Gender
    6. Environment
    7. Political Environment
    8. Governance and Institutional Capacity
    9. Regional Cooperation
    10. Conclusion

  3. Pacific DMC Development Strategies

    1. Development Goals and Strategies
    2. Resource Mobilization and Investment
    3. Role of External Assistance
    4. Assessment of PDMC Development Strategies

  4. ADB's Development Experience

    1. Impact of Past Assistance
    2. Portfolio Performance and Status
    3. Conclusions and Lessons for the Strategy

  5. ADB's Strategy

    1. ADB's Role in the Pacific
    2. Addressing Poverty in the Pacific
    3. Strategic Focus

  6. Delivering the Pacific Strategy

    1. Overall Assistance Level
    2. ADB Assistance for the Strategic Objectives
    3. External Funding Coordination and Partnership Arrangements
    4. Internal Resource Requirements

  7. Risks and Performance Monitoring and Evaluation

    1. Risks
    2. Monitoring Process and Plan

Appendixes [ PDF: 323kb | 61 pages ]

  1. Strategy Formulation Process
  2. Country and Portfolio Indicators

    1. Economic Indicators
    2. Progress Toward the Millennium Development Goals & Targets in Pacific
    3. Social Indicators
    4. Development Coordination Matrix
    5. Portfolio Indicators

  3. Thematic Assessments and Strategies

    1. Private Sector Development in the Pacific: Swimming Against the Tide?
    2. Pacific Gender Assessment & Strategy
    3. Pacific Environmental Issues & Responses
    4. Governance Assessments in the Pacific

  4. Summary of PDMC National Development Plans
  5. Lessons from ADB’s Experience in the Pacific
  6. Strategy Results Framework