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ADB operations in Solomon Islands prioritize transport, urban and social infrastructure, tax reform, and public sector management.

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Solomon Islands Facts

ADB's Work in Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands covers about 28,000 square kilometers of Melanesia in the South Pacific, with around 75% of the population residing in rural areas. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been providing support to the country since 1973, with assistance reflecting government priorities in infrastructure development, tax reform, public sector management, urban planning and development, and disaster risk management.

As the country’s economy recovers from the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, prospects rest primarily in the mining, agriculture, fishing, and tourism sectors. In 2020, ADB committed $20 million to the COVID-19 Rapid Response Program to support the economy and, through Phase 3 of the Pacific Disaster Resilience Program, ADB will provide a $5 million contingent disaster financing grant for early recovery and reconstruction activities following disaster triggered by natural hazards or health emergencies.

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Data: Solomon Islands

Economic Forecasts

Economic Forecasts

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.

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Poverty in Solomon Islands

Poverty in Solomon Islands

Development indicators for Nauru, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Results of ADB-Supported Operations

Results of ADB-Supported Operations

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.

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Projects Cofinanced

Projects Cofinanced

Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.

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ADB Projects in Solomon Islands  View all projects

Featured

  • Reconnecting Solomon Islands After the Cyclone Ita Floods

    ADB’s Transport Sector Flood Recovery Project helped reinstate bridge approach roads, culverts, and stream crossings and rebuilt three elevated bridges, reestablishing a seamless east–west road link on Guadalcanal and within Honiara. All works incorporated climate- and disaster-proof design.

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Contact: Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO)

Level 20, 45 Clarence Street
Sydney, NSW Australia 2000

  Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)

  Tel +61 2 8270 9444
  Fax +61 2 8270 9445
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Solomon Islands Pacific Country Office

Level 1, Heritage Park Commercial Building
Mendana Avenue, Honiara, Solomon Islands
  Tel +677 23333
  E-mail

Lotte SCHOU-ZIBELL (Ms)
Regional Director
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Sally SHUTE-TREMBATH (Ms)
External Communications Specialist
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Matthew HODGE (Mr)
Deputy Regional Director and Senior Country Specialist
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  Holidays 2023

The Extended Mission in Solomon Islands is closed on these dates:

  • New Year's Day: January 2 (Monday), in lieu of January 1
  • Good Friday: April 7 (Friday)
  • Easter Monday: April 10 (Monday)
  • Whit Monday: May 29 (Monday)
  • King's Birthday: June 9 (Friday)
  • Independence Day: July 7 (Friday)
  • Labour Day: October 2 (Monday)
  • Christmas Day: December 25 (Monday)
  • National Day of Thanksgiving: December 26 (Tuesday)
  • New Year's Eve: December 29 (Friday), in lieu of December 31

Last updated: 12 December 2022