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Country Strategy and Program Update 2005-2006: Samoa

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I. Country Strategy

1. The strategy of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for Samoa directly supports the Government's Strategy for the Development of Samoa (SDS) 2002-2004. It contributes to ADB's overarching goal of poverty reduction, and is consistent with ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy, as well as ADB's Pacific Strategy for the New Millennium¹. First, the ADB strategy for Samoa aims to enhance access to, and quality of, basic social services by (i) improving access to, and quality of, education; (ii) enhancing the environment and public health of Apia (water and sanitation); and (iii) meeting the growing power demand with improved efficiency, viability, and reliability. Second, the strategy aims to improve the environment for the private sector by (i) ensuring sound fiscal and macroeconomic policies; (ii) rationalizing state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and enhancing their efficiency and effectiveness; and (iii) improving the institutional and policy framework for the private sector. The ADB strategy reflects the most common aspirations of the vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, as expressed in ADB's 2002 participatory poverty survey²: access to basic social services, decent jobs, finance, and land. Appendix 1 summarizes the strategy statement.

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