Small_island_developing_states

According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, small island/developing states (SIDS) are low-lying coastal countries that share similar sustainable development challenges, including small population, limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility to natural disasters, vulnerability to external shocks, and excessive dependence on international trade. Their growth and development is also held back by high transportation and communication costs, disproportionately expensive public administration and infrastructure due to their small size, and little to no opportunity to create economies of scale.

Currently, fifty-one small island/developing states and territories are included in the list used by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in monitoring the sustainable development of SIDS. [1]

Current SIDS

Africa		Oceania		Caribbean
	Guinea-Bissau*		Guam		Bahamas
	Cape Verde		Kiribati*		Barbados
	Comoros*		Marshall Islands		British Virgin Islands
	Mauritius		Federated States of Micronesia		Dominica
	São Tomé and Príncipe*		Nauru		Dominican Republic
	Seychelles		New Caledonia		Grenada
Asia			Niue		Haiti*
	Maldives*		Northern Mariana Islands		Jamaica
	Timor-Leste*		Palau		United States Virgin Islands
	Singapore		Papua New Guinea		Cuba
Central/South America			Solomon Islands*		Montserrat
	Belize		Samoa*		Netherlands Antilles
	Guyana		Tonga		Puerto Rico
	Suriname		Tuvalu*		Saint Kitts and Nevis
Oceania			Vanuatu*		Saint Lucia
	American Samoa	Caribbean			Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Cook Islands		Anguilla		Trinidad and Tobago
	Fiji		Antigua and Barbuda	* also member of the LDC\'s
	French Polynesia		Aruba

Sources and External links

• Office of the High Representative for the Small Island Developing States, United Nations

See also

• Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP)
• Alliance of Small Island States

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