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Azmat Gani argues that most Pacific Island mini states are off track to achieve satisfactory levels of well-being. Poverty levels are high; children under the age of five years are underweight; immunization rates are deteriorating; maternal mortality rates are high; and gender gaps are increasing. He looks at what data is available in order to show the low levels of well-being and what gaps need to be filled if these mini states are to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
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These are American Samoa, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Pitcairn, Tokelau, Tuvalu and Wallis et Futuna. These mini states are also characterized by small land area, ranging from 10 square kilo meters in Tokelau to 811 square kilo meters in Kiribati with a combined population of some 369,000 people.
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Examines the low level of human well-being in small islands states in the Pacific
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Gani, A. Human Well-being in the Pacific Island Mini States. Development 53, 105–113 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2009.101
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