Latest Country Strategies and Business Plans

This document provides an overview of ADB’s ongoing and completed initiatives in the Pacific energy sector as of 2020, including work to scale up operations and finance new sources of renewable power.

The Pacific Approach, 2016–20201 serves as the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) country partnership strategy for the eleven small Pacific island countries (PIC-11). The priorities of the Pacific Approach, 2016–2020 will remain valid for the PIC-11 country operations business plan (COBP), 2021–2023 until the new Pacific Approach for 2021–2025 is considered in 2021.

This document provides an overview of ADB’s active and proposed urban programs, projects, and technical assistance initiatives in the Pacific region as of December 2019.

This document highlights how ADB technical assistance and energy sector projects are helping to build resilient, low-carbon economies, while increasing access to clean, reliable power in the Pacific.

The Pacific Approach, 2016–2020 serves as the Asian Development Bank (ADB) country partnership strategy for the 11 small Pacific island countries (PIC-11). In line with the Pacific Approach, the PIC-11 country operations business plan (COBP), 2020–2022 reflects a multicountry approach that identifies common development challenges and opportunities for operational efficiencies across the PIC-11. 

In line with the Pacific Approach, the country operations business plan for 2019−2021 takes a multicountry approach to identify common development challenges and opportunities for operational efficiencies across the 11 small Pacific island countries.

ADB continues to help build resilient, low-carbon countries in the Pacific region, while increasing access to clean, reliable power.

This paper describes a Pacific Partnership Facility designed to support ADB’s operations in the Pacific.

In 2016, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved the Pacific Approach 2016-2020 as the Country Partnership Strategy for the 11 small Pacific island countries (PIC-11). 

In line with the Pacific Approach, the country operations business plan (COBP) also takes a multi-country approach to identify commonalities and opportunities for operational efficiencies across the PIC-11. The COBP is also aligned with the Midterm Review of Strategy 2020 and supports the three-pronged strategy of the Pacific Approach: reducing costs, managing risks, and enabling value creation.

While the private sector in Palau still faces significant challenges, commendable advancements that have been made.