Small Island Developing States
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According to the United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, small-island devloping 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]
[edit] Current SIDS
| Africa | Oceania | Caribbean | |||
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 Guinea-Bissau* |
 Guam |
 Bahamas |
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 Cape Verde* |
 Kiribati* |
 Barbados |
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 Comoros* |
 Marshall Islands |
 British Virgin Islands |
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 Mauritius |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
 Dominica |
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 São Tomé and Príncipe* |
 Nauru |
 Dominican Republic |
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 Seychelles |
 New Caledonia |
 Grenada |
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| Asia |  Niue |
 Haiti* |
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 Maldives* |
 Northern Mariana Islands |
 Jamaica |
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 Timor-Leste* |
 Palau |
 United States Virgin Islands |
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 Singapore |
 Papua New Guinea |
 Cuba |
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| Central-/Southamerica |  Solomon Islands* |
 Montserrat |
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 Belize |
 Samoa* |
 Netherlands Antilles |
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 Guyana |
 Tonga |
 Puerto Rico |
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 Suriname |
 Tuvalu* |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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| Oceania |  Vanuatu* |
 Saint Lucia |
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 American Samoa |
Caribbean |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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 Cook Islands |
 Anguilla |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
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 Fiji |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
* also member of the LDC's | |||
 French Polynesia |
 Aruba |
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