Pacific Subregional Office
In the Spotlight
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Growth in Developing Asia Holds Up; PRC, India Lead the Way – ADB
Economic growth in Developing Asia remains buoyant despite external pressures and should meet earlier forecasts for 2016 and 2017, says a new ADB study.
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ADB President Reiterates Commitment to Palau Development
ADB President Takehiko Nakao met with the President of Palau, Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. and the Minister for Finance and ADB Governor, Elbuchel Sadang, to discuss the country’s infrastructure investment and economic reform efforts to support stronger tourism growth in the island nation.
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Tonga’s High-Speed Revolution
An undersea fiber-optic cable network is banishing Tonga’s long-standing isolation and ushering in the wired world of the 21st century.
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Pacific Economies Forecast to Grow by 3.9% in 2016 Amid Rising Global Risks
Most Pacific economies are unlikely to be significantly affected by heightened uncertainty in the global economy, says ADB's July 2016 issue of the Pacific Economic Monitor.
As ADB's regional representative in the Pacific, the Pacific Subregional Office (SPSO) in Suva, Fiji undertakes strategic planning, country programming, and economic sector work, overall portfolio management and project administration of selected projects, support for the development of knowledge products, and capacity building and regional cooperation activities.
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Growth has held up in developing Asia despite a difficult external environment. The region is expected to grow steadily at 5.7% in 2016 and 2017, the forecasts in this Update unchanged from Asian Development Outlook 2016.
Asian Development Outlook 2016 Update: Meeting the Low-Carbon Growth Challenge -
Sustained Reform Agenda can Improve State-Owned Enterprises – ADB Report
Continued efforts are needed to further reforms of state-owned enterprises across the Pacific, according to an ADB report launched in Port Moresby. -
Anticorruption Policy: Enhancing the Role of the Asian Development Bank in Relation to Tax Integrity
This working paper sets out the proposed response of ADB to global developments in relation to addressing tax secrecy, tax evasion, and legal forms of aggressive tax planning at both the country and project levels.