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Nauru and ADB
ADB supports Nauru in maritime transport, renewable energy, and urban development; and in implementing reforms to enhance public sector management, state-owned enterprises, and social protection.
In the Spotlight
ADB, Pacific Islands Forum Agree to Accelerate Regional Cooperation
ADB President Masato Kanda and Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Baron Waqa today signed a historic Partnership Agreement to deepen collaboration and promote regional cooperation and integration across the Pacific.
Fiscal Policies Can Unlock the Potential of Women-Led Businesses Across the Pacific
Fair, simple, and inclusive fiscal design, paired with visible reinvestment and accessible administration, can strengthen livelihoods, revenues, and economic resilience among women in the Pacific.
Building Resilient Pacific Water Utilities
As climate and disaster risks intensify, Pacific water utilities are strengthening early warning and emergency response systems. This publication shares emerging practices, tools, and lessons from across the region.
Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility Annual Report 2024
This report summarizes the achievements of the Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) in 2024 and highlights how it is working to advance climate resilience, inclusion, and sustainable infrastructure in 13 Pacific island countries.
Nauru Facts
ADB's Work in Nauru
Nauru, an island country of 21 square kilometers, is resource-constrained, far from major markets, import-dependent, and challenged with limited sources for economic growth and revenue diversification. The Government of Nauru relies on revenue from Australia’s regional processing center for asylum seekers, fluctuating fishing license fees, and overseas development assistance. To expand sources of revenue, the government is mining secondary phosphate, expanding air services, and building capacity for its workers to pursue employment in the region.
To date, ADB has committed 27 public sector loans, grants, and technical assistance totaling $157 million to Nauru.
Data: Nauru
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 Nauru, 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.
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The unique challenges of financing and building a climate-resilient port in a tiny Pacific country required ADB to develop and deploy innovative approaches to ensure the project’s design, governance, and monitoring were efficient and effective.
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What's New
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ADB, Pacific Islands Forum Agree to Accelerate Regional Cooperation
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Building Resilient Pacific Water Utilities
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Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility Annual Report 2024
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| News from Country Offices
ADB Appoints Jyotsana Varma as New Pacific Regional Director Based in Australia
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Growth in the Pacific to Accelerate to 4.1% in 2025, Moderate to 3.4% in 2026 — ADB
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Empowering Female Entrepreneurship in the Pacific: Fiscal Reforms for Formalization and Growth
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ADB President Listens to Pacific Leaders’ Shared Vision, Highlights Record Support
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Tourism to Continue to Drive Growth in the Pacific, but at a Slower Pace — ADB
Contact: Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office (PLCO)
Level 20, 45 Clarence Street
Sydney, NSW Australia 2000
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday to Friday)
Fax +61 2 8270 9445
Nauru Pacific Country Office
Government Building
Yaren District, NRU68
Republic of Nauru
The Nauru Pacific Country Office will be closed on these dates:
- New Year's Day: 1 January (Thursday)
- Independence Day: 2 February (Monday), in lieu of 31 January
- Good Friday: 3 April (Friday)
- Easter Monday: 6 April (Monday)
- Constitution Day: 18 May (Monday), in lieu of 17 May
- Hammer DeRoburt Day: 25 September (Friday)
- Angam Day: 26 October (Monday)
- Christmas Day: 25 December (Friday)
- Boxing Day: 28 December (Monday), in lieu of 26 December
- New Year's Eve: 31 December (Thursday)
Last updated: 11 February 2026
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