Samoa and ADB
In the Spotlight
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50 Years of Partnership in the Pacific
This video features ADB’s work in the Pacific and the partnership ADB shares with its developing member countries. It also shows how ADB’s support has changed over the years to meet the development needs of the region.
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Development Partners to Help Samoa Boost Energy Security Through Hydropower
The Governments of New Zealand and Samoa, ADB, and the European Union (EU) launched the Fuluasou hydropower component of the cofinanced Samoa Renewable Energy Development and Power Sector Rehabilitation Project, which will help the country cut its reliance on fossil fuel and increase energy security.
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Pacific Urban Update 2016: Samoa
The Community Sanitation Project is helping improve public and environmental health in participating regions. It will establish innovations in sanitation infrastructure for low-income households, and create institutional arrangements to subsidize this infrastructure.
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Villages in Samoa Improve Sanitation to Stay Healthy
Families in Samoa are cleaning up their neighborhoods, adopting better sanitation practices, and living healthier lives.
Samoa continues to make progress in achieving its development goals. Poverty has fallen in urban centers, child mortality has been reduced, and the government has placed greater emphasis on environmental sustainability. Primary school education is now almost universal for children in Samoa, while gender disparity in both primary and secondary education has been eliminated.
With limited natural resources and a narrow economic base, Samoa’s economy is extremely vulnerable to external shocks. ADB has supported the government’s efforts to reform the economy, placing a focus on improving the business environment for private enterprise.
Latest
New ADB Director General for Pacific Assumes Office
ADB has appointed Ma. Carmela Locsin as the new Director General for its Pacific Department. Ms. Locsin, who assumed office today, is the first woman to head the department.
ADB Sanitation Assistance Works: Just Ask Samoan Village Chief Valaauina Malo
ADB has helped bring improved sanitation to more than 5 million homes in Asia and the Pacific since 2010.
ADB, USP Sign Cooperation Agreement to Strengthen Knowledge Collaboration
ADB and The University of the South Pacific have signed a cooperation agreement to boost knowledge collaboration between the two organizations.
Projects in Samoa
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0.7%
Average annual population growth rate in Samoa (2011-2016)
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25.4%
Internet users in Samoa (2015)
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51
Maternal mortality ratio in Samoa, per 100,000 live births (2015)
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0.19
Population in Samoa, in millions (2016)
