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Asia Pacific

The greatest success of the Millennium Development Goals Report 2015, there is still a high proportion of
Goals (MDGs) in Asia-Pacific has been reducing the undernourished people in the Pacific region; one in every five
population in poverty by half. However, obvious disparities children under five years old is underweight. And premature
in the environment and living conditions continue to deaths caused by chronic diseases (cardiovascular disease,
exist among the Asia-Pacific countries. Some countries diabetes, respiratory disease and mental disorders) are
maintained continuous economic growth, while others higher than the world’s average as a result of local culture,
fell into poverty, high unemployment rate and survival customs and traits, which has become a cause of concern
crisis as a result of poor governance, slow economic in the development of the region.
transformation and climate change. Furthermore, most countries in this region are vulnerable
In East Asia, most developing countries have gradually island nations heavily dependent on food imports and
transformed into middle-income countries, with an foreign financial aid. The main economic activities, such as
average GDP growth rate reaching 5.6 percent according small-scale family farming, fishing and animal husbandry, are
to the estimates published by the Organisation for highly susceptible to damages brought by extreme weather
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for events, droughts, floods and other natural disasters, leading
the period of 2015-2019. Nevertheless, populations living to unstable supply of staple food and compounding the
in poverty are still high due to uneven regional economic impact of volatile price movements. Governments of these
development. In addition, global growth has slowed, countries have thus begun to focus on planning strategies
resulting in a shortage of employment opportunities for sustainable management of national resources.
across the world and the impacts of urbanization on cities Therefore, the TaiwanICDF’s primary strategy in this region
and the environment have worsened. is to emphasize sustainable agriculture and promote food
In view of this, the strategy adopted by the TaiwanICDF security in our major partner countries, including the Solomon
focuses on reducing the impact of urbanization in our Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Republic of Kiribati, Nauru,
main partner countries in this region, which include Palau, Tuvalu, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. Our aim is to
Thailand, Nepal, Indonesia and Myanmar and assisting assist these island countries overcome their vulnerabilities
in the sustainable development of the region through and seek solutions for sustainable development.
technologies such as clean energy and eco-friendly
technology.
According to the United Nations Millennium Development

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