Tag: ADB
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ADB commits $680M to Pacific in 2025, launches Frontier program to back small businesses and infrastructure
Record development funding for the Pacific in 2025 signals a bold push toward resilience, climate risk management, and private sector growth. A new Frontier program to… Read more
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Fiji Activates Contingency Plan as IMF Signals Global Growth Slowdown
– Global alarms are rising as warnings from IMF and regional lenders converge. Fiji faces three possible paths—from a mild slowdown to contraction—putting cash flow, staffing,… Read more
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ADB Downgrades Fiji Growth Outlook as Middle East Conflict and Energy Costs Rise
Fiji’s economy faces a more fragile path as global tensions lift energy costs and disrupt trade. With tourism softening and investment cautious ahead of elections, policymakers… Read more
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Fiji’s debt climbs to a record 84% of GDP at $11.7 billion as ADB-backed resilience projects advance
Fiji signals a bold push to fund climate resilience and health projects as borrowing edges toward historic highs, highlighting the delicate balance between growth and fiscal… Read more
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Fiji ends 2025 in deflation as prices fall for 10th straight month, ADB reports
Deflation defined Fiji in 2025, with prices drifting lower for most of the year. Yet households kept borrowing and spending, even as cheaper living costs forced… Read more
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ADB approves $50M soft loan to Fiji for health-system overhaul under PHIT, first co-financed with World Bank under FMRF
An ambitious cross-bank pact is set to overhaul Fiji’s health system—from digital upgrades and primary care modernization to a new regional referral hub—part of a broader… Read more
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Fiji Secures $50M ADB-World Bank Loan to Modernize Health System and Boost Digital Health
A bold funding push is reshaping Fiji’s health system, blending digital health upgrades with modern primary care and a new regional hospital. A streamlined, cross‑lender framework… Read more