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Strengthening Solomon Islands’ Fisheries for a More Sustainable Future. New World Bank project will support the management and sustainable development of the country’s important oceanic and coastal fisheries. WASHINGTON, June 13, 2022 – The World Bank’s Board of Directors have approved a new World Bank project that will work to improve regional collaboration, national capacity and management, and the sustainable longer-term development of Solomon Islands’ vital fisheries sector.

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2022 – The World Bank has significantly stepped up its assistance to Solomon Islands, with four new projects that will see an anticipated US$130 million in new funding for projects and assistance; the biggest boost in the World Bank’s 43-year history in the country. The first of these is the US$89 million Second Solomon Islands Roads and Aviation Project (SIRAP2) that will make the country’s aviation sector safer, more efficient and more climate resilient – with ...

HONIARA, October 26, 2022 – With Solomon Islands implementing a large public investment program and facing declining logging revenue, fiscal reform will be vital to managing debt levels while securing hard-fought development gains, says a new report from the World Bank, launched today. The report, Solomon Islands Public Expenditure Review: Fiscal Reform and the Path to Debt Sustainability, suggests warns that without reform, Solomon Islands’ debt may become unsustainable.

Solomon Islands. The Human Capital Index (HCI) database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the Human Capital Index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. The index measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18, given the risks of poor health and poor education that prevail in the country where she lives.

Like many Pacific nations, Solomon Islands—a country of 600,000 with 30 percent unemployment—is vulnerable to economic and national shocks. Since Solomon Islands generates revenue by selling fishing rights in its waters, sustainable management of its abundant tuna stocks is vital. Revenue from tuna resources accounts for 18 percent of GDP.

Solomon Islands Global Economic Prospects examines trends for the world economy and how they affect developing countries. The report includes country-specific three-year forecasts for major macroeconomic indicators, including commodity and financial markets. Global Economic Prospects Climate Change Average Monthly Temperature 1901 - 2009 (C)

Solomon Islands Explore historical and projected climate data, climate data by sector, impacts, key vulnerabilities and what adaptation measures are being taken. Explore the overview for a general context of how climate change is affecting Solomon Islands. Climate Change Overview Vulnerability Sea Level Sea Level Rise Impacts Sea Level Rise

Solomon Islands is a post-conflict country which for 10 years now been working hard to find ways it can prevent a recurrence of conflict. The social unrest of the late 1990’s to 2003 was due to a myriad of issues, one of which was failure by successive governments to equitably distribute the benefits of economic development.