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A Pacific Strategy for the New Millennium

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Publication Date: September 2000
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Note: This document has been seperceded by A Pacific Strategy for the Asian Development Bank 2005-2009

The Pacific strategy for the new millennium responds to five key development challenges facing the Pacific developing members countries over the medium term:

  • disappointing macroeconomic and growth performance over the last decade
  • increasing poverty, particularly in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu
  • continuing reliance on large government investments due to inadequate private sector response
  • increasing environmental degradation
  • little progress in strengthening the role of women in political, economic, and social spheres.

It focuses on five broad strategic objectives:

  • continuing support for economic management, governance, and public sector reform
  • promoting private sector development in the region
  • promoting a more active role for women in social, economic, and political spheres
  • supporting sustainable environmental management
  • supporting poverty reduction as a unifying theme

Supporting objectives include

  • strengthening capacity for governance, economic management, and public services
  • improving physical and information technology infrastructure development
  • strengthening financial sector management
  • supporting the role of civil society

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Contents

Executive Summary

  1. Introduction

  2. Development Challenges

    1. Economic Growth

    2. Poverty

    3. Private Sector Development

    4. Environmental Degradation

    5. Gender

  3. Key Variables Influencing Development

    1. Vulnerability

    2. Political Stability and Good Governance

    3. Capacity and Skills

    4. Sociocultural Context

    5. Population Growth Rates

    6. Physical, Technological, and Financial Infrastructure

  4. External Assistance

    1. General

    2. ADB Assistance

    3. Aid-coordination

  5. Review of ADB Assistance and Strategy

    1. 1996-1999 Pacific Strategy

    2. Assessment of Past Strategy and Lessons Learned

  6. The New Pacific Strategy

    1. Broad Strategic Objectives of ADB

    2. Supporting Strategic Objectives

    3. Subregional Focus of the Strategy

    4. Regional Cooperation

    5. Operational Modalities

    6. Resource Requirements

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