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Nauru
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Focus: ADBs assistance to Nauru is focused on the areas of public financial management and private sector development. Loans and Technical Assistance: Has received one loan for $5 million, one grant for $4 million, and eight technical assistance grants totaling $2.1 million Current Loans/Project and Program Grants: ADB approved the $4 million Public Financial Management Reform Program in August 2012 under which the first $2 million tranche is being released. Current Technical Assistance Grants: The Regulatory and Governance Reform for Improving Electricity and Water Supply in Nauru technical assistance is being implemented in 20112013. Nauru also benefits from a number of regional technical assistance projects.
Focus: ADB has aligned its sovereign operations with the governments National Development Strategy. Operations focus on (i) infrastructure development including transport and information and communication technology, (ii) public sector management, and (iii) renewable energy. Recently, ADB is helping boost students access to higher education through its loan to the University of the South Pacific for a new campus in the capital Honiara. Proposed assistance for the Submarine Cable project will promote economic efficiency in the public and private sectors and create opportunities including the improved delivery of social services. Joint field presence: ADB and the World Bank Group established a joint field presence in Honiara in 2008. An ADB infrastructure specialist is also based there. Office co-location provides strengthened aid coordination. Technical Assistance and Project/Program Grants: Has received 16 loans totaling $79.3 million, 7 Asian Development Fund grants ($56.3 million), and 62 technical assistance projects ($20 million) Current Loans/Project and Program Grants: In March 2010 and August 2011, ADB approved Solomon Islands Economic Recovery Support Program grants totaling $10 million, to assist the adjustment from economic deterioration aggravated by the global economic crisis. The first and second Solomon Islands Road Improvement Projects have a combined value of $53.8 million and are cofinanced by Australia, the European Union, and New Zealand. The projects include rehabilitation work in three provinces and labor-based road maintenance targeting rural communities and women. The Domestic Maritime Support Project aims to provide safe, reliable shipping services to rural communities. The Transport Sector Development Project aims to strengthen transport connectivity linking rural and urban populations. Current Technical Assistance Grants: ADBs private sector reform activities in Solomon Islands include SOE reforms and improving the business environment through secured transactions reforms. These activities are funded under PSDI.
Focus: ADB has aligned its strategy with the governments poverty reduction strategy by assisting the government to address constraints in (i) transportby providing support for improved connectivity to markets and social services; (ii) urban developmentby improving access to sanitation and drainage facilities and improving urban infrastructure with a particular focus on Port Vila/Efate and potentially in a second phase Luganville/Espiritu Santo; and (iii) energyby supporting greater energy efficiency, rural electrification, and renewable energy sources. ADB also aims to improve the enabling environment for private sector development. Joint field presence: ADB and the World Bank Group established a joint field presence in the capital Port Vila in 2010. The ADB/World Bank Joint Vanuatu Liaison Office provides opportunities for strengthened aid coordination and effectiveness. Loans and Technical Assistance and Project/Program Grants: Since 1981, ADB has approved 11 loans for an amount of $67.0 million and 59 technical assistance projects for $21.0 million. Current Loans/Project and Program Grants: ADB has resumed operations in Vanuatu with two strategic investment loans approved by the ADB Board in 2011. These are the Vanuatu Interisland Shipping Support Project and the Port Vila Urban Development Project, cofinanced with the governments of New Zealand and Australia respectively. Current Technical Assistance Grants: There are four active technical assistance projects amounting to $4.7 million. ADBs private sector reform activities aim to improve the business environment through corporate law and SOE reforms. ADB also supports financial inclusion activities and has supported the National Bank of Vanuatu to pilot new branchless banking technologies. In the transport sector, ADB in cooperation with the Government of New Zealand, provides technical assistance to support the development of the domestic maritime sector.
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Women from Makira, Solomon Islands earn extra income by making gabion baskets that provide support for the new roads