This chapter is concerned with describing the evolution of the FSM Sustained Growth Strategy (SGS), and the fiscal challenges facing the nation resulting from the need to implement the provisions of the amended Compact. Discussion starts through detailing the FSM's negotiating strategy for the amended Compact and in outlining the principal objectives that the FSM sought
to securemacroeconomic stability and sustainable development. These objectives are compared with what the FSM and U.S. finally agreed, and which are embodied in the terms and conditions of the amended Compact.
The National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) declares the development journey for a better quality of life for every Nauruan. It is a road map that reflects the reforms needed to be put in place and the strategies for implementation, as the platform for a better life today and tomorrow. The NSDS therefore marks a key milestone in Nauru's development process.
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Since Independence, successive governments have prepared many-
worthy development plans and strategies that have promised to realize our national vision, as enshrined in our Constitution. While the plans and strategies were often soundly based, they have not been translated into results on the ground, and as a consequence, our nation is well short of achieving the national vision. In real terms, the plans of the past represent little more than an historical record of good intentions.
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Tonga has made "good and steady progress" towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as reported in Tonga 1st National Status Report: Millennium Development Goals Today and Tomorrow and summarised .
During the 1995 national crisis and subsequent economic reform programme (ERP), several national consultation forums saw key policy measures and economic structural changes introduced. These had considerable influence on current national sustainable
development initiatives including the draft NSDP and NESAF.
The aim of this report is to assess if the five key principles of the internationally agreed National Sustainable Development Strategy (NSDS) requirements (UNDESA 2005) are adequately incorporated into Fiji's national priorities and targets, strategies, indicators, and institutional framework. A national sustainable development strategy is a tool to integrate the national policies and plans from the various sectors with the aim of ensuring that economic development is socially responsible and maintains an adequate natural resource base for future generations.
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The Report is about Kiribati" National Strategies for Sustainable Development. The Environment Act and the National Development Strategies 2000- 2003, the basis for the
Tokelau is a non self-governing territory of New Zealand. Tokelau wishes to move toward greater self-governance and is supported in this by the Government of New Zealand and the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation. The Modern House of
Tokelau (MHT) is a major Tokelau initiative that aims to provide a governance structure that better fits Tokelau's cultural context and increases Tokelau's capacity to manage it's own affairs in a sustainable fashion.
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In his opening address of the workshop, the Director of the Environment Unit, Mr. Ernest Bani, brought up some challenging issues regarding our natural resource management to ensure that there is sustainable development - so that we would
have the capacity to earn our income to meet our health and education costs, but at the same time, those resources are still in tact for our future generation.
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The Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States remains the blueprint for small island developing States and the international community to address national and regional sustainable development in small island developing States that takes into account the economic, social and environmental aspects that are the pillars of the holistic and integrated approach to sustainable development.
This is a short video on the Key Biodiversity Areas around the world and also in the Pacific.
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