Fiji: Sustainable and Resilient Growth Program (Subprogram 2) (AIIB-001056)

Countries
  • Fiji
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
C
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Republic of Fiji, Shiri Gounder
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Climate and Environment
  • Law and Government
  • Water and Sanitation
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 20.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 90.00 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ AIIB website

Updated in EWS Nov 10, 2026

Disclosed by Bank May 22, 2026

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Project Description
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According to bank's website, the proposed project aims to support Fiji in implementing policy and institutional reforms to strengthen climate and disaster resilience and support more sustainable, climate-resilient growth. Fiji is highly exposed to climate change and natural disasters, which affect infrastructure, public finances, service delivery, and communities, while limited fiscal space and institutional capacity constrain resilience-building investment. The Program is a climate policy-based financing operation to be co-financed with ADB as lead co-financier under Subprogram 2 of the Sustainable and Resilient Growth Program. Among the policy actions proposed under ADB’s program, AIIB financing will focus on those supporting climate and disaster resilience reforms.

The Program is expected to support policy actions to: (i) strengthen water sector governance through national policies on water resource management, sanitation, and wastewater, together with utility-level environmental and social management arrangements; (ii) integrate climate risk into financial sector decision-making through climate risk reporting requirements and a green taxonomy issued by the Reserve Bank of Fiji; (iii) establish the Blue Economy Framework 2025–2035; (iv) strengthen disaster risk financing through a Disaster Risk Financing Policy and implementation plan; (v) modernize forest governance through the Forestry Act 2025; and (vi) apply a standardized multi-criteria analysis framework for prioritizing rural water supply and sanitation investments linked to sector planning and Public Sector Investment Programme processes. These reforms are expected to strengthen Fiji’s institutional capacity to manage climate and disaster risks, improve the transparency and climate responsiveness of public investment decisions, and support better-targeted investment in resilient infrastructure and services, including for rural and vulnerable communities. 

Investment Description
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Total program cost: USD90.0 million

AIIB financing: USD20.0 million

ADB financing: USD70.0 million, with possible scale-up subject to confirmation 


Contact Information
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Project Team Leader: Ronald Muana 

Title: Senior Investment Officer

Email: ronald.muana@aiib.org 

Asian Development Bank 

Project Team Leader: James Webb  

Title: Senior Public Sector Economist

Email: jwebb@adb.org  

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