ADB is helping Palau improve utility and public sector performance alongside infrastructure works, recognizing the need for capacity support to complement physical infrastructure.
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International cooperation among tax authorities has become a critical component of modern tax administration, particularly in strengthening domestic revenue mobilization and combating the illicit flow of financial transactions.
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This report analyzes challenges and opportunities affecting efforts to build resilience to shocks in the Pacific.
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Palau, a small island developing state in the northern Pacific, joined ADB in 2003.
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The economy of Palau is expected to improve in 2024 and 2025, according to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) April 2024, ADB’s flagship economic publication.
Palau, a small island developing state in the northern Pacific, joined ADB in 2003. Tourism accounts for about 40% of the economy, and Palau remains reliant on development assistance.
To date, ADB has committed 26 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling 205ドル million to Palau. ADB’s current sovereign portfolio in Palau includes 5 loans and 1 grant worth 74ドル.3 million.
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.
Development indicators for Palau, including a selection of economic, environmental, and social indicators used globally to track progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals.
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.
Cofinancing operations enable ADB’s financing partners, governments or their agencies, multilateral financing institutions, and commercial organizations to participate in financing ADB projects.
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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Palau Pacific Country Office
Room 209, 2nd Floor, RTFT Building
Koror, Palau 96940
The ADB Pacific Department provides the primary operational link for activities between ADB and the government, the private sector, civil society stakeholders, and development partners. The Pacific Department engages in policy dialogue, country partnership strategy development and programming, and portfolio management, while also acting as a knowledge base on development issues in Palau.