National Development Strategy 2011−2020, 2011 - Final Draft (Solomon Islands)

The National Development Strategy 2011-2020 (2011 NDS) envisions "A United and Vibrant Solomon Islands". The avowed national mission is to create a modern, united and vibrant Solomon Islands founded on mutual respect, trust and peaceful co-existence in a diverse yet secure and prosperous community where tolerance and gender equality are encouraged and natural resources are sustainably managed; and enable all Solomon Islanders to achieve better quality of life and standard of living for themselves and their families through constructive partnership for social, economic, political and spiritual development. The overarching focus area for the Strategy is "To Build Better Lives for All Solomon Islanders." A central focus area is to take better care of all people of the Solomon Islands by fulfilling social needs of the people, including support for the vulnerable and better access to education and health care for all. Another central focus area is improving the livelihoods of all the people of the Solomon Islands by improving the economic benefits to the people through higher growth, increased employment and the distribution of the benefits of development. An underlying focus area for the Strategy is creating and maintaining the enabling environment including protecting the environment and managing natural resources, effectively working with international partners, and strengthening good governance within Solomon Islands national, provincial and community level governments.