Samoa: ADB to Support Samoa with Recovery from Global Crisis, Tsunami
Source: Asian Development BankCountry: SamoaMANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing program loan assistance of up to $26.8 million to Samoa to help the Pacific Island nation...
View ArticleSamoa: World Bank Approves US$3 Million in Additional Financing for Samoan...
Source: World BankCountry: SamoaProject Advancing Quality of Health Care Across Samoa Press Release No:2010/383/EAP WASHINGTON, 4 May, 2010-The World Bank today approved an additional US$3 million in...
View ArticleSamoa: World Bank Approves US$20 million to boost economic recovery in Samoa
Source: World BankCountry: SamoaFunds to improve quality of services for Samoan population WASHINGTON, 12 May, 2010-Today the World Bank approved a US$20 million zero-interest loan to Samoa to assist...
View ArticleTonga: Improving Response Capacity in Polynesia
Source: UN High Commissioner for RefugeesCountry: Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue (New Zealand), SamoaThe eCentre organizes its second emergency management workshop in the Pacific Islands, this time in...
View ArticleSamoa: Samoa Post Tsunami Reconstruction
Source: World BankCountry: SamoaKey development issues and rationale for Bank involvementSamoa is highly vulnerable to natural hazards. The World Bank's Natural Disaster Hotspots study identifies Samoa...
View ArticleSamoa: Samoa Post Tsunami Reconstruction Project
Source: World BankCountry: Samoa1. Country and Sector BackgroundSamoa is highly vulnerable to natural hazards. The World Bank's Natural Disaster Hotspots study identifies Samoa as the 30th country in...
View ArticleTonga: Tonga Post Tsunami Reconstruction Project
Source: World BankCountry: Tonga1. Key development issues and rationale for Bank involvement[...]The long term rehabilitation strategy of the Government for NTT aims to restore infrastructure,...
View ArticleBangladesh: First Asia-Pacific Disaster Report Launched by ESCAP and ISDR in...
Source: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificCountry: Bangladesh, China - Taiwan Province, India, Philippines, Samoa, Viet NamDate: 26 October 2010Press Release No:...
View ArticleSamoa: World Bank To Assist With Tsunami Reconstruction In Samoa
Source: World BankCountry: SamoaPress Release No:2011/162/EAP WASHINGTON, 2 November, 2010-The World Bank today approved financing totaling US$11.8 million to support the reconstruction of vital...
View ArticleJapan: Unprecedented disasters are threatening economic recovery and need...
Source: UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the PacificCountry: Japan, Samoa, WorldDate: 29 June 2011 Press Release No: G/25/2011Bangkok (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy...
View ArticleWorld: Protecting the Human Rights of Internal Displaced Persons in Natural...
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human RightsCountry: Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, WorldIntroductionPacific island communities are exposed to a wide range of natural...
View ArticleWorld: Pacific Rim countries test their tsunami preparedness
Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural OrganizationCountry: Chile, Ecuador, Japan, Philippines, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, WorldOn 9 - 10 November, some 30 Pacific Rim countries will take part in...
View ArticleWorld: World Bank East Asia and Pacific Economic Update 2011, Volume 2:...
Source: World BankCountry: Cambodia, China, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Malaysia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands,...
View ArticleSamoa: Samoa after the disaster: The wave of fire and the kid called Tsunami
Source: World BankCountry: SamoaIn June 2009 Samoa was the set for the popular TV program Survivor. It was a fantastic choice. It is one of those picture-perfect places–shady palms, trees dripping with...
View ArticleWorld: World Bank Regional Vice President Emphasizes Need for Disaster Risk...
Source: World BankCountry: Samoa, WorldContact In Sydney: Laura Keenan, lkeenan@worldbank.org, +61 2 9235 6547Samoa, March 23, 2012 - During her first visit to the Pacific as World Bank Regional Vice...
View ArticleSamoa: Tsunami in Samoa – 3 Years On
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian AffairsCountry: SamoaIn the early hours of Tuesday, 29 September 2009, as the people of Samoa went about the start of a new day, the serenity of...
View ArticleTonga: Rebuilding Tonga to Help Make People Safer from Disasters
Source: World BankCountry: TongaSTORY HIGHLIGHTSIn September 2009, a tsunami struck the shores of Niuatoputapu Island in Tonga, destroying the community’s homes and livelihoods.The World Bank is...
View ArticleTonga: Rebuilding Tsunami-Affected Homes in Remote Islands of Tonga
Source: World BankCountry: TongaFollowing a devastating tsunami in 2009 in Tonga’s outermost island group, the Niuas, the World Bank worked with the community to rebuild homes, as well as critical...
View ArticleWorld: Big Challenges, Small States: Island Nations Come Together for Climate...
Source: World BankCountry: Grenada, Samoa, Solomon Islands, WorldSUBMITTED BY RACHEL KYTE ON SUN, 08/31/2014On Sunday in Apia, the capital of Samoa, I saw the results of the World Bank Group’s work...
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World: Remittances and disaster: Policy implications for disaster risk...
Source: International Organization for MigrationCountry: Samoa, WorldIntroductionIn the last few years, remittances sent to low-income countries have been noticeably increasing, reaching about USD 404...
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