A $25M ADB-financed submarine fibre-optic cable, commissioned in 2017, replaced Palau's costly satellite links, multiplying capacity more than tenfold and enabling nationwide …
Koror, Palau
Good practice
Evidence: Observational / pre–post
Top 24%73/100
Palau's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection deployed UNCTAD's ASYCUDAWorld 4.4 with an AI "dynamic selectivity" risk engine in January 2024. Within …
Koror, Palau
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 75%47/100
Palau is among the first Pacific nations installing an open-source 'edge AI' system that reads longline-vessel footage in near real time, cross-checking …
Koror, Palau
Good practice
Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported
Top 64%40/100
A February 2021 UNDP-led workshop trained 42 Palauan disaster responders (21 women, 21 men) from six government and civil-society bodies to integrate …
JICA and Japanese partners distributed 1,250 tablets loaded with SuRaLa Net's adaptive math software to Palau's schools during COVID-19 disruptions; JICA's own …