The Joint Commission of the Empress Shoken Fund (ESF ) has announced a new funding distribution that totals CHF 485,597 and supports projects administered by Red Cross and Red Crescent National...
Algeria + 16 more
Algeria + 16 more
The Joint Commission of the Empress Shoken Fund (ESF ) has announced a new funding distribution that totals CHF 485,597 and supports projects administered by Red Cross and Red Crescent National...
Cook Islands + 14 more
Overview The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) continue to face significant challenges due to high disaster risk, compounded by unique challenges such as geographic dispersion and...
Cook Islands + 14 more
Overview The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) continued to face significant challenges due to high disaster risk, compounded by unique challenges such as geographical dispersion and...
Micronesia + 20 more
INTRODUCTION This volume is intended as a companion to Blue Pacific Continent, Volume I – Primer on Pacific Regional Climate Change Action. This reference book offers an overview of Pacific countries...
Micronesia + 20 more
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The “Blue Pacific Continent” is both a mindset and a geographic region. The Southwest Pacific Ocean is home to more than two dozen island states and territories that range in size...
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Executive summary The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world unprepared, revealing society’s vulnerabilities, systemic fragility and lack of resilience. In 2020, the Data, Strategy...
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WHO’s annual malaria report spotlights the growing threat of climate change Despite strides in expanding access to insecticide-treated nets and medicines to help prevent malaria in young children and...
OVERALL PROGRESS Context Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a population of approximately nine million, with more than 800 languages spoken among more than 1,000 ethnic clans. A large proportion of the...
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Executive summary The 14 Pacific Island countries and territories covered by this multi-country strategic plan – Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau,...
Overview Papua New Guinea (PNG) is ranked as the 9th with the highest disaster risk rating globally as of 2021. The country is prone to many natural disasters including cyclones, drought,...
Fiji + 9 more
For Immediate Release Office of Press Relations press@usaid.gov Monday, August 14, 2023. Press Release Today while in Suva, Fiji, Administrator Samantha Power will announce additional investments as...
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In 2023, IDMC celebrates its 25th anniversary, so with this annual report for 2022, we look back not only at the productive past year, but also on the progress IDMC has made and the impact it has had...
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A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Medium-Term Development Plan IV 2023-2027 (MTDP IV) is themed as “National Prosperity through Growing the Economy”. The theme captures the Government’s intent to deliberately...
Cambodia + 14 more
Children in East Asia and the Pacific face the greatest exposure to multiple climate disasters Children in the region face six times more climate related shocks compared to their grandparents eroding...
Tonga + 12 more
Commitment to expand World Bank support for health, education, social protection and climate-resilient infrastructure projects across the Pacific over next eight years SYDNEY, May 8, 2023 – The...
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ADB Operations Reach $20.5 Billion in 2022, Addressing Crises, Building Resilience MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 April 2023) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed $20.5 billion from its own...
Cook Islands + 14 more
Overview Through its interim Multi-Country Strategic Plan (iMCSP) 2019-2023, WFP prioritized close collaboration with national governments and communities across 15 Pacific Island Countries and...
Cambodia + 22 more
East Asia and Pacific Regional Growth to Accelerate as China Rebounds Slowing global growth, commodity prices, financial tightening to weigh in 2023 WASHINGTON, March 30, 2023 – Growth in developing...
CORE QUESTIONS Overall Performance: Context Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a diversity of geographic and natural resources. PNG is the largest Pacific Island state and situated in the southwestern...