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20.01.2022 Welcome to Vosa! We're thrilled to be supporting this new, independent, Pacific-focused podcast, bringing together voices from across PNG and the Pacific to discuss the big opportunities and challenges in front of our region. Vosa Podcast’s community of thinkers, activists, and artists are taking an honest look at the issues facing the region today. You can hear the teaser for the first episodes on your favourite podcast app: https://linktr.ee/vosa

19.01.2022 Have you ever wondered what the World Bank does in the Pacific & PNG? We're currently delivering US$1.83 billion in support through 90 projects across 12 countries in the Pacific, in sectors including Health and education , transport , fisheries , renewable energy & climate change . Learn more through our nifty new brochure: http://wrld.bg/BfN250BnIis

18.01.2022 The Pacific still includes the most number of countries in the world that have had no recorded COVID-19 cases. However, there is no room for complacency given the growing challenges that Pacific countries continue to face to protect their people, their livelihoods and their future. To support each country’s COVID-19 response, we have provided emergency funding to nine countries in the Pacific, including the Federated States of Micronesia , Fiji , Kiribati , Marshall Islands , Papua New Guinea , Samoa , Tonga , Tuvalu and Vanuatu . To learn more about our work visit: www.worldbank.org/en/country/png/coronavirus

16.01.2022 Betty Joshua, from PNG’s East Sepik Province is a face of our #changinglives campaign this week! Learn how Betty is helping to change lives in East Sepik by supporting more than 250 women farmers to earn an income from cocoa. http://wrld.bg/bAK050Cnlr2

16.01.2022 Where is your favorite local market? Did you know that getting fresh produce to local markets is the backbone of life in PNG? That’s why we’ve committed close to US$170 million (PGK600m) in improving roads and transport hubs across the country so that rural farmers have safer and better access to markets. In fact, the World Bank is investing US$499 million across 11 projects in PNG in 2020. Learn more in our shiny new guide to the World Bank’s work across PNG and the Pacific: http://wrld.bg/BfN250BnIis

15.01.2022 Congratulations to Vosa! We’re proud to be supporting this new platform for Pacific and Papua New Guinean voices to discuss the region’s biggest opportunities and challenges. This first episode focuses on Pacific storytelling and narratives bringing together activists, film-makers and storytellers from across our region. Be sure to subscribe so you don’t miss an episode.

15.01.2022 Ml e lelei and Congratulations to GPS Taoa in Vava'u on the commissioning of its three new classrooms as part of the TOP$28 million Pacific Resilience Program (PREP) project in Tonga. "I am happy about our new classrooms. They are clean, strong and beautiful. I believe these new classrooms will help me to do better and improve my studies. Our old classrooms were not as good as the new ones we have. We even have whiteboards now." "‘Oku ou fiefia he ‘i ai homau ngaa...hi lokiako fo’ou.´ ‘Oku ma’a, fefeka mo faka’ofo’ofa. ‘Oku ou tui ‘e kau ‘a e loki ako fo’ou´ ki hono fakalakalaka ‘eku ako. Ko homau lokiako motu’a ne ‘ikai ke sai hange ko e loki ako fo’ou ko eni, he ‘oku ‘i ai e palakipoe hinehina ia." - Ms ‘Atasa Latu, Student, GPS Taoa, Vava'u. This Government-led initiative is proudly supported by the World Bank, Australia in Tonga and Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade so that children in Tonga can learn, play and grow in safe and disaster resilient classrooms and school buildings for years to come. Tonga Gov Portal

13.01.2022 Here in the Pacific the region has largely been spared from the worst health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the serious economic impacts are being felt by countries, communities and families. See our new blog on what the economic crunch will mean for the future of health financing in the Pacific and PNG.

12.01.2022 The World Bank 2020 Human Capital Index report covers 174 countries - measuring the knowledge, skills and health a country's people accumulate over a lifetime - and is now live: http://wrld.bg/pQB630ra03T. Below are some results from the Pacific, showing each country's population's current measure, and trajectories: Federated States of Micronesia: 51% Fiji: 51%... Kiribati: 49% Marshall Islands: 42% Nauru: 51% Palau: 59% Papua New Guinea: 43% Samoa: 55% Solomon Islands: 42% Tonga: 53% Tuvalu: 45% Vanuatu: 45% *Arrows indicate either an increase or decrease, based on changes recorded in these countries in comparison to the Human Capital Index figures from 2018, where available. The top five countries include Canada, Korea, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore with the highest score of 88%. While there have been some marked improvements over the years, COVID-19 pandemic threatens to wipe out a decade of human capital gains, as countries struggle to contain the virus, save lives and rebuild their economies. To learn more about the Human Capital Index visit: http://wrld.bg/pQB630ra03T #InvestInPeople

11.01.2022 COMING SOON: Vosa Podcast! Vosa aims to bring together voices from across the Pacific & PNG to explore ideas, celebrate achievements and discuss the biggest opportunities and challenges in front of our region. Vosa's host, Arieta Rika, is from Somosomo, Gau, in Fiji and Kolomotu’a, Tongatapu in Tonga. She has more than a decade’s worth of experience as a communications professional and Pacific storyteller, and she is also the founder of Talanoa. Arieta is passionate abo...ut facilitating meaningful conversations with people who are actively involved in the work and stories that they share. Join the Vosa community by liking ( Vosa Podcast) and subscribing to the podcast (https://linktr.ee/vosa) and you'll be the first to know when the first episode is live.

11.01.2022 We are proud to be supporting Vosa Podcast a new platform for Pacific voices to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the Pacific. In this first episode Vosa talks with filmmakers, journalists and activists about who is telling stories in the Pacific and how they are being shared. There’s plenty more to come and we look forward to hearing more Pacificstories from Vosa in the future! Listen to Vosa on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more: http://wrld.bg/DFwf50Cudfu... In this episode, Drue Slatter from 350.org in Fiji says: The victim narrative that the Pacific has been fit into in the climate movement is not one we fully are, but it’s one that international media love to drive "Yes these impacts are happening, but look at all these stories of resilience and all these communities doing amazing things.

09.01.2022 A story of typical Solomons resilience, and a determination to make things better, via Solomon Times Online. Balo, the village in this story, received support through the Community Resilience to Climate and Disaster Risk Project (CRISP). We're proud to be supporting CRISP, in partnership with the Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management and Meteorology.

09.01.2022 BREAKING NEWS Our new Economic Update for East Asia and the Pacific is out showing the 'triple shock' of COVID-19 is expected to lead to contractions in all Pacific economies in 2020. So how has the pandemic impacted Pacific economies? And how will the Pacific and East Asia move from strategies of containment of COVID-19 to economic recovery? To learn more about the Economic Update and how our Pacific countries are faring, visit: http://worldbank.org/eapupdate... You can also join our Chief Economist for East Asia and the Pacific, Aaditya Mattoo, who will present the report’s key findings and take questions on Thursday 1st October. Register here: http://wrld.bg/1l1450BBmCL Details below

05.01.2022 Ml e Lelei! Here in the Pacific we are all too familiar with the devastating impacts of tropical cyclones and the importance of early warnings to save lives, homes and businesses. So we are very happy to be supporting Tonga's newly opened Ha’apai Multi-Hazard Early Warning & Emergency Operation Centre. The Ha'apai group is particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and this center will provide families with crucial and potentially life saving early warnings of incom...ing hazards. Prime Minister Reverend Dr. Pohiva Tui’onetoa officially opened the center that was built through the Pacific Resilience Program (PREP) managed by the government with funding from the World Bank. Congratulations Tonga! #DisasterResilience #DisasterReady Tonga Gov Portal Thanks to our partners: Global Environment Facility Prep Tonga Meidecc Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery

04.01.2022 Mipla lo World Bank la tok bikpla Hapi 45th Independence Day igo lo ol pipol bilong Papua New Guinea. / We at the would like to wish a big Happy 45th Independence Day to the people of Papua New Guinea. PNG’s greatest resource is its people. It's for this reason we're so proud to be investing in projects in - and for - PNG that put people at their very core. To recap our bighest project announcements (http://wrld.bg/usqG50zGUIt) for PNG from earlier this year:... We're expanding our support to the PNG Health Sector through the new US$30 million IMPACT Health Project (www.facebook.com/watch/?v=246695599747353) which will strengthen the delivery of front line health services especially in rural communities. The US$40m PNG Agriculture Commercialization & Diversification Project (www.facebook.com/watch/) the successor to the Productive Partnership in Agriculture Project will support the growth and diversification of PNG’s agricultural sector in rural PNG; We're also proud to be supporting the expansion of the Urban Youth Employment Project into Lae (http://wrld.bg/HIxf50BqRos), the industrial hub of PNG, to improve the welfare and job prospects of unemployed young people in the city. These projects are on top of the US$20m in emergency support to PNG's COVID19 response (http://wrld.bg/YN9W50BqRpH), which has seen more than 600,000 items of much-needed Personal Protective Equipment delivered all around the country. #hapi45independencePNG #yumiwokbungwantaim Photo: Mona Sur/World Bank.

03.01.2022 Immediately before #COVID19, more children were attending school than ever before. But up to 1.6 billion students were left out of their classrooms when schools around the world were closed down because of the global pandemic. We are proud to be supporting countries in the Pacific to #InvestInPeople and ensure that for generations to come, every child is able to meet his or her full potential. Take a look at the 2020 Human Capital Index which can help inform policies to protect and #InvestInPeople through the pandemic and beyond. http://wrld.bg/pQB630ra03T

02.01.2022 867,000. That's the number of on-the-job training work days that have been created for 15,000 young people in Solomon Islands through World Bank-funded employment projects. But that's not all. Find out more about the 11 projects, totaling more than US$164 million, that we are currently supporting in Solomon Islands, including the Tina River Hydro Project: http://wrld.bg/BfN250BnIis #InvestInPeople

02.01.2022 In Solomon Islands, the Community Access and Urban Services Enhancement Project, has created more than 110,000 days of work for those out of work in urban areas of Western Province, Malaita and Guadalcanal. The US$15 million project is getting unemployed Solomon Islanders to work - improving basic infrastructure and services and improving access for clinics, schools, markets and more! Learn more about CAUSE here: http://wrld.bg/S0iq50Cle8A and follow CAU...SE Project, Honiara Thanks to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade UN Women New Zealand High Commission- Honiara, Solomon Islands for additional support