Pacific Recovery Picks Up Amid Uncertain Global Outlook Benefits of labor migration can be maximized with investments in education, support for reintegration, and improving economic opportunities at...
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Pacific Recovery Picks Up Amid Uncertain Global Outlook Benefits of labor migration can be maximized with investments in education, support for reintegration, and improving economic opportunities at...
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New support will enhance Pacific Island Forum Fisheries Agency’s monitoring and reporting capacity WASHINGTON, July 31, 2023 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved funding for a program...
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As growth returns to the Pacific, debt and inflation remain concerns New World Bank report series provides economic deep dive into Pacific economies SUVA, February 28, 2023 – After nearly three years...
KEY MESSAGES • Long-term warming is expected to be below the global average in Fiji, ranging between 0.6°C and 2.6°C by the 2090s when compared with the 1986–2005 baseline. The range of possible...
New operation will help improve socioeconomic recovery and resilience of Fiji’s most vulnerable WASHINGTON, March 25, 2021 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$145...
WASHINGTON D.C., February 9, 2021 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$50 million (FJ$102.7 million) Credit to support Fiji’s recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 and...
WASHINGTON D.C., January 21, 2021 – Today, the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank Group (WBG) discussed the new framework for its engagement with Fiji over the next four years, aimed at...
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New World Bank study examines the pandemic’s impacts on Pacific labour markets while underscoring regional opportunities and policy responses SYDNEY, January 18, 2021 – While the Pacific and Papua...
By Sam Fargher and Stephane Hallegatte Like every other country, the Republic of Fiji faces the unprecedented challenge of managing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the number of...
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AT A GLANCE Countries Pacific Island Countries (PICs): Fiji, Samoa, Tuvalu, Vanuatu Risks Tropical Storms, droughts, floods, storm surges, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, sea level rise ...
US$7.4m (FJ$16m) to bolster Fiji’s longer-term COVID-19 health sector needs, as well as to prepare for future infectious disease threats SUVA, June 25, 2020 – The World Bank has approved funding of...
Fiji gains access to new World Bank concessional funding SUVA, April 26, 2019 – Fiji is set to receive at least US$21 million (FJ$44m) annually through additional World Bank funding. For the first...
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SUMMARY Floods have caused significant damage to urban communities in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). The principal driver of this increasing problem is the growth of exposure to flooding associated...
SUBMITTED BY KATHERINE BAKER ON WED, 12/06/2017 People read about climate change every day and we are all familiar with it as a concept. While we understand that steps need to be taken to address the...
Executive Summary Fiji is a small island nation in the South Pacific Ocean with a population of about 900,000. The country has an area of 18,000 km2 spread over 332 islands, of which about 110 are...
Fiji is an island nation with ambitious development goals. Its 5- and 20-year National Development Plan aims to more than double the real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita by 2036 and to...
Fiji, November 7, 2017 - The province of Ra is one of the strongest, most ethnically and linguistically diverse communities in all of Fiji, with over 86 villages and a population of 29,464 (2007...
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Convened under the Presidency of Fiji, the 2017 UN Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP) will make history as the first-ever small island state COP. The negotiations will take...
new 360° VR project to target global decision-makers at next week’s COP23 in Bonn SUVA, November 1, 2017 – Fiji is set to use 360° Virtual Reality (VR) as a key part of its global push for stronger...
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AT A GLANCE Countries Fiji & Tonga Risks Tropical cyclones Area of Engagement Promoting open access to risk information By developing local capacity to generate data on disaster risk, countries can...