Vanuatu faces development challenges typical of small island economies. These include remoteness, small market size, limited human and…

Bhutan is one of the fastest-growing economies in South Asia and has more than halved its poverty rate since 2007. However, the…

Since achieving independence in 2002, Timor-Leste has made significant progress in state building. However, while access to essential…

Comprising around 1,190 small islands in the Indian Ocean, Maldives was home to around 515,696 people in 2018 and is famous for some of…

The Philippines has maintained its position as one of the fastest-growing economies in Southeast Asia in recent years, with average…

Building on successful political and economic transformation, Myanmar is emerging as a prosperous nation. The country possesses abundant…

Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific, with tourism as its main driver of economic activity and foreign direct…

Over the past 20 years, Cambodia has made excellent progress in poverty reduction and human development, on the back of strong growth in…

The economy of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) continued to grow in 2019, driven largely by the fishing industry, which has…

Tuvalu has been a member of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) since 1993.
This fragile Pacific microstate is geographically…