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Over the last 4 decades, ADB has been helping its Pacific developing member countries overcome common challenges in delivering sustained economic growth and human development, and in reducing poverty from small, narrowly focused economies. In this publication, we tell the stories of the people and places this partnership has helped.
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New Condom Campaign to Combat HIV/AIDS
A well-researched $10 million program to distribute millions of subsidized condoms in "hot spots" of sexual activity around the country aims to control an HIV/AIDS epidemic. Meanwhile, in the rural areas, an incongruous alliance of big business, government, and religious groups is breaking down prejudice against the disease through awareness programs and safe-sex instruction.
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Freedom at the Frontier
Improved feeder roads in the highlands of Papua New Guinea are reducing the isolation of tribal communities in a valley that was hidden from the world until a few decades ago. Better access to markets, schools, and hospitals are giving subsistence farmers greater freedom of choice.
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Not Just Another Road Project
ADB is partnering with the Government of Timor-Leste and the NGO CARE Australia on a road project that is empowering communities and generating jobs. It is a new approach that may pave the way for better road projects in Timor-Leste in the future.
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