ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty.
Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region.
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ADB supports projects in developing member countries that create economic and development impact, delivered through both public and private sector operations, advisory services, and knowledge support.
Kiribati and ADB
ADB’s support to Kiribati involves strengthening fiscal sustainability; and upgrading infrastructure to improve water supply, transport, renewable energy, and health delivery with a strong focus on climate resilience and gender inclusiveness.
In the Spotlight
How to Adopt Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
International cooperation among tax authorities has become a critical component of modern tax administration, particularly in strengthening domestic revenue mobilization and combating the illicit flow of financial transactions.
Pacific Economic Monitor – August 2024: Building Resilience the Pacific Way
This report analyzes challenges and opportunities affecting efforts to build resilience to shocks in the Pacific.
ADB, Partners to Increase Access to Clean Energy in Kiribati
ADB joined the Government of Kiribati and other development partners in a groundbreaking ceremony today to officially mark the first step toward the construction of the largest solar photovoltaic plant in Kiribati.
Asian Development Bank and Kiribati: Fact Sheet
ADB has been supporting Kiribati in building fiscal stability and upgrading infrastructure since 1974, with a sustained focus on transformative and climate-proof infrastructure investments in sanitation, water supply, transport, renewable energy, and health.
Kiribati Facts
ADB's Work in Kiribati
ADB has been supporting Kiribati in building fiscal stability and upgrading infrastructure since 1974, with a sustained focus on transformative and climate-proof infrastructure investments in sanitation, water supply, transport, renewable energy, and health. The bank is currently helping the Government of Kiribati to install its new integrated financial management information system.
To date, ADB has committed 64 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $209 million to Kiribati. ADB’s current sovereign portfolio in Kiribati includes 8 grants worth $108.6 million.
Data: Kiribati
Forecasts are based on ADB's flagship publication, the Asian Development Outlook. Updated four times a year, it analyzes economic and development issues in developing countries in Asia and the Pacific.
Development indicators for Kiribati, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
Results achieved are aggregate amounts of outputs and outcomes from operations reported in project completion reports and extended annual review reports circulated for the year.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
ADB Projects in Kiribati View all projects
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A structural shift is taking place in the Pacific islands, as countries move away from fossil fuels in favor of more climate friendly forms of energy.
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What's New
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| Development Asia
How to Adopt Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes
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| Policies, Strategies, and Plans
Summary of Midterm Review: Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
Continued Growth Projected for the Pacific, but Resilience still Needed — ADB
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| Publications, Reports
Pacific Economic Monitor – August 2024: Building Resilience the Pacific Way
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Energy Transition Challenges, Opportunities, and Way Forward - Scott Morris
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| News from Country Offices
ADB, Partners to Increase Access to Clean Energy in Kiribati
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| Publications, Brochures and Flyers
Asian Development Bank and Kiribati: Fact Sheet
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| News Releases, News from Country Offices
3.3% Growth Expected in the Pacific Region in 2024, 4% in 2025 — ADB
Contact: Pacific Subregional Office (SPSO)
91 Gordon Street, Suva, Fiji
Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Fax +679 3318074
Kiribati Pacific Country Office
Unit 303 and 304, TK Plaza
Tarawa, Kiribati
Tel: +686 22040 / 22041
The Kiribati Pacific Country Office is closed on these dates:
- New Year's Day: 1 January (Monday)
- Good Friday: 29 March (Friday)
- Easter Monday: 1 April (Monday)
- International Labor Day: 3 May (Friday)
- Gospel Day: 11 July (Thursday)
- National Day: 12 July (Friday)
- Kiribati Special Day: 15 July (Monday)
- World Teachers Day: 7 October (Monday)
- Christmas Day: 25 December (Wednesday)
- Boxing Day (Gift Day): 26 December (Thursday)
Last updated: 21 December 2023