Asian Development Bank and Tonga: Fact Sheet
Asian Development Bank | July 2006
Abstract
Updated yearly, this ADB Fact Sheet provides social and economic indicators on Tonga as well as concise information on ADB's operations in the country and contact information. The Pacific nation of Tonga has made progress toward achieving many of the targets in the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for poverty reduction. Steadily improving general health indicators join high literacy rates and good school enrollment ratios, although lifestyle diseases have increased rapidly. Against this progress, social services in Nuku’alofa are deteriorating and sanitation, drainage, roads, and waste disposal are in need of attention. Some 23% of Tongan households are estimated to experience periodic difficulties in meeting their basic needs. There are signs of rising ruralurban drift toward the main islands, attributed to a lack of income-generating opportunities and traditional obligations that some find burdensome.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2006. Asian Development Bank and Tonga: Fact Sheet. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/5931.Keywords
World Health Organization
Urban Health Services
Rural Health Services
Nutrition and Health Care
Health Aspects of Poverty
Health and Hygiene and the Poor
Education, Health and Social Protection
Access to Health Care
Social Aspects Of Poverty
Disease Control
Occupational Hygiene
Medical Services
Health Costs
Sanitation
Diseases
Water Quality
Respiratory Diseases
Health Indicators
Disadvantaged Groups
Disadvantaged Groups
Cost of medical care
Health status indicators
Sanitation services
Sickness
Illness
Prevention of disease
Health status indicators
Cost and standard of living
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