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How innovation is helping to deliver a new port for Nauru
The unique challenges of financing and building a climate-resilient port in a tiny Pacific country required ADB to develop and deploy innovative approaches to ensure the project’s design, governance, and monitoring were efficient and effective.
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Vaccinating in Vanuatu for a Healthier Future
A $15 million grant from an Asian Development Fund (ADF) 12 facility will reduce the burden of pneumonia and diarrhea in children and increase protection against the human papilloma virus in women.
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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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How the ADF Base Allocation Increase is Already Transforming the Pacific
From clean power to port infrastructure, the Asian Development Fund is transforming the Pacific.
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The Pacific Islands: Connecting Countries to Each Other and the World
Connectivity in the Pacific has two components: the physical and the digital. ADB has been working with development partners to help people and businesses overcome their isolation.
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The Pacific Islands: Building Resilience to Natural Disasters
Across the region, ADB is committed to preparing climate change risk assessments for all its infrastructure investments in the Pacific.
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The Pacific Islands: The Push for Renewable Energy
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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New Generators Provide Reliable, Affordable Electricity in Nauru
Energy efficiency gains will cut diesel consumption, lower generation costs, and help Nauru reduce CO2 emissions.
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Unlocking the Economic Potential of Women in the Pacific
Doing business in the Pacific is hard, but it’s a lot harder for women. Fortunately, sweeping reforms across the Pacific are creating an enabling environment for business and opening up opportunities for women.
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Out of the Tin, Into the Bank
The National Bank of Vanuatu (NBV) has been a leader in its push to provide bank services to Vanuatu's rural people. Innovative technological approaches, including mobile banking, brought savings and credit to some of the most remote communities in the country.