Tuvalu 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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ADB Business Reform Initiative Marks Decade of Support to Pacific
ADB’s Pacific Private Sector Development Initiative (PSDI) has worked to alleviate poverty by promoting inclusive economic growth through reforms that encourage private sector investment and entrepreneurship. PSDI’s latest annual report, A Decade of Reform, summarizes many successful reforms Pacific countries have enacted with its support.
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Small is beautiful, but fragile in the Pacific
If a conflict-sensitive approach is applied to development programs in conflict-affected countries, a fragility-sensitive approach should be applied to small fragile Pacific island states such as Tuvalu.
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Policy Shift Needed to Sustain Growth, Development in the Pacific — ADB
With average growth in the Pacific now projected at 2.7% in 2016 and 3.3% in 2017, the lowest since the global financial and economic crisis, policies to reinvigorate and sustain economic activity need to be prioritized, according to the December 2016 issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor.
Tuvalu is a fragile microstate consisting of nine low-lying atolls. The country has a total area of only 26 square kilometers, and most of its 11,000 people live on the main island, Funafuti.
With few exports, Tuvalu is almost entirely dependent on external aid as well as highly variable revenue from fishing licenses, remittances, surpluses from the country’s overseas trust fund, and rent of its “dot tv” internet extension. Building and maintaining fiscal resilience and upgrading maritime infrastructure are key priorities for the government.
ADB's approach and operations in Tuvalu are aligned with the national strategy for sustainable development.
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, 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.
New Facility to Boost Energy Security, Clean Energy in Pacific
ADB has approved a new Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility which will finance a series of renewable energy projects and sector reform in the smallest 11 Pacific island countries.
Projects in Tuvalu
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Fast Facts
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42.7%
Internet users in Tuvalu (2015)
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0.01
Population in Tuvalu, in millions (2016)
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0.6%
Average annual population growth rate in Tuvalu (2011-2016)
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26.3%
Population living below the national poverty line in Tuvalu (2010)