Marshall Islands in 2014

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Marshall Islands in 2014

Area: 181 sq km (70 sq mi)
Population (2014 est.): 53,800
Capital: Majuro
Head of state and government: President Christopher Loeak

The economy of the Marshall Islands was stagnant in 2014. A June visit by a team of officials from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) resulted in a commitment from the ADB to provide welcome help: at least $3 million annually in grants and technical assistance for development beginning in 2015, improvements in the coordination of aid donors, a survey of the private sector’s capital needs, and additional financial support.

In September, Pres. Christopher Loeak signed a treaty with Pres. Manny Mori of Micronesia and Tommy Remengesau of Palau to create the Micronesian Trade and Economic Community. The community would promote trade and economic cooperation and integration and collaborate on sustainable development in the subregion.

The government took steps to increase sustainable development with two marine-based projects: a $2 million fisheries project on Rongelap Atoll and a $150,000 pearl-farming project on Namdrik Atoll.

In September marine scientists began observing the most severe coral-bleaching event ever recorded for the Marshall Islands. That same month, at the UN Climate Summit in New York City, a 26-year-old Marshallese poet, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner, won a rare standing ovation from more than 100 heads of state after she read a poem on climate change. Her appearance there represented a rare opportunity to publicize the consequences of climate change in the Marshall Islands and drew significant media attention to the country’s fate.

In April the Marshall Islands filed suit at the International Court of Justice against nine nuclear countries, including the U.S. The suit charged that nuclear tests in the Pacific had violated the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and international law.

Cluny Macpherson