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Vanuatu

An archipelago of 335,000 in the South Pacific where visitors earn half of export income, only one in five has safely managed drinking water, and the World Bank finances climate-resilient roads.

Perfect Nations values what Vanuatu owns and raises capital against it, through innovative financing for development (FfD) and super intelligence (SI).

Vanuatu at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Vanuatu

What we do for Vanuatu

Assets. Capital. Solutions.

Perfect Nations is a new-age sovereign advisory firm, and its clients are nations.

  1. 01AssetsThe cupFive sovereign assets, valued, from The Visitors to The Fresh Water.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurelsOne instrument on record, sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Water is furthest from reach today.

The whole logo: a Perfect Nation, where every citizen has all seven basic standards of living, led by good governance.

01Assets · The cup · Sovereign Assets

Five assets no balance sheet counts.

Each is owned today, earns today, and can carry Vanuatu toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 50.4%Of export earnings from visitors, 2020

    The Visitors

    Volcanoes, reefs and island culture: visitors earned half of exports in 2020.

  • 74.6%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Forest across three quarters of the land.

  • 17.2%Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2022

    The Diaspora

    Ni-Vanuatu working abroad send home a sixth of the economy.

  • 335,169Citizens, 2025

    The People

    38% are under fifteen: a young nation.

  • 31,944 m³Renewable fresh water a person, 2022

    The Fresh Water

    Rain and rivers renewed every year: power, irrigation and drinking water.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

Visitors, the season workers abroad and roads that last.

Bonds, guarantees, swaps and loans that raise capital against what Vanuatu owns, every line sourced.

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

Capital already committed

  • MultilateralApprovedClimate Resilient Transport Project, additional financing II$30M

    World Bank · Approved 12 June 2024

    Roads and bridges that withstand cyclones.

    World Bank

    Source

The Vanuatu Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Marie Tari, Nation Steward of Vanuatu

Marie TariNation Steward of Vanuatu · SI Researcher

Already working in Vanuatu.

Independent firms and social enterprises already at work in Vanuatu, highlighted by Perfect Nations. None is a partner of Perfect Nations.

Suggest an enterprise

  • The first firms and social enterprises at work in Vanuatu are being gathered.

    Name one already at work there: it may be highlighted here, with its source.

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Vanuatu, star by star.

Perfect Capita is the yearly cost, per person, of lifting everyone above the Living Line in all seven basic living standards, set with Vanuatu in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Vanuatu: the seven stars of the logo, one for each basic standard of living, rising from the cup; Food is the larger centre star. Each star carries the figure for Vanuatu.WATER19.2%SHELTER96.9%ENERGY20%FOOD76.7%EDUCATION64.6HEALTH52LIVELIHOOD63.1%
19.2%
Water · furthest from reachSafely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Vanuatu

To be set with Vanuatu, from its own figures and in its own prices: Perfect Capita times the people of Vanuatu, each year.

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  • Food76.7%Not food insecure; 23.3% are moderately or severely food insecure, datedFAO, 2020
  • Water19.2%Safely managed drinking waterWHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter96.9%City dwellers outside slums; 3.1% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy20%20% cook with clean fuels and technology; 65.5% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education64.664.6% of young people complete lower secondary schoolWorld Bank, 2024
  • Health52WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood63.1%Above US$4.20 a day; 36.9% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2019

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Vanuatu. Figures marked dated rest on surveys more than five years old; lenient measures are marked as such. The strict measures

Strict measures. Food: share not moderately or severely food insecure (FAO). Water: safely managed drinking water where measured; where it is not, basic water, marked as such. Shelter: the lower of safely managed sanitation and the share outside urban slums. Energy: the lower of electricity per person against 1,000 kWh and clean cooking; where electricity per person is not published, clean cooking. Education: the lower of children reading by the end of primary school and lower-secondary completion. Health: WHO service coverage index. Livelihood: share above the stricter of the national poverty line and the World Bank line for the nation’s income group (US$8.30 a day for high-income nations). Each figure links to its source.

Solutions for Perfect Vanuatu

All Solutions

  • The Solution for VanuatuWater

    Turn cheaper debt into safe water.

    • 01The challenge80.8% Of people in Vanuatu lack safely managed drinking water. WHO/UNICEF, 2024
    • 02The dealDebt-for-climate-resilience swap, proved in Barbados, 2024: $300M the world’s first for resilience. Inter-American Development Bank, 2024
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where water is furthest from reach should swap costly debt for cheaper, guaranteed debt and commit the savings to water and sewerage. With super intelligence, every saving can be followed into each household connection, main and treatment plant, and the next connection planned where the need is greatest.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsVanuatu

Dear Vanuatu,

Your volcanoes and reefs draw the world, and your workers abroad send home a sixth of what you earn.

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Two in three of you have electricity, and one in five cooks with clean fuel. Only one in five of you has safely managed drinking water. Let the visitors and the workers abroad finance safe water on every island.

“Let the visitors and the workers abroad bring safe water to every island.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Vanuatu ReDesign Studio

One mission, three depths: the same four moves for Vanuatu, taken as far toward market as you choose.

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For the Government of Vanuatu, its development partners and investors. Scope and fees are agreed in writing before any work begins.

  1. 01Identify the assets
  2. 02Estimate Perfect Capita
  3. 03Co-design the capital architecture
  4. 04Launch the instruments

  1. Mandate 013 hours

    The Nation Briefing

    A private session for the people who decide.

    You leave withThe gap, named and sized

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    1. 01The five sovereign assets on this page, walked through.
    2. 02Water, the standard furthest from reach, and the Gap, explained.
    3. 03The instruments that could close the Gap, shortlisted.
    4. 04The path to market, outlined.
    Request a Nation Briefing

  2. Mandate 023 days

    The Blueprint Lab

    Your team and ours, working the blueprint together.

    You leave withThe structure, drawn

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    1. 01The ledger tested against your ministries’ own data.
    2. 02Each of the seven standards costed in local prices.
    3. 03One financing structure, drawn with your team.
    4. 04A term sheet and the partners to approach.
    Plan a Blueprint Lab

  3. Mandate 03End to end

    The Sovereign Mandate

    Led personally by the President and CEO.

    You leave withA structure ready for market

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    1. 01A full sovereign asset ledger, valued and verified.
    2. 02Perfect Capita set and agreed with government, with a monitoring plan.
    3. 03The full structure: legal form, credit enhancement, guarantees and pricing.
    4. 04Taken to investors and development partners, through to close.
    Discuss a Sovereign Mandate

Co-design it with us

Where the Ni-Vanuatu and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Vanuatu into being.

    Up to 1,500 words on your vision of Perfect Vanuatu, published with your name.

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Vanuatu.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Vanuatu already own, and how could it pay for a decent life for every citizen?”

    Nominate yourselfSuggest a guest

  • Co-designers

    Join the community.

    Everyone who shares a vision, a voice or an enterprise here becomes a Co-designer of Perfect Vanuatu.

    Become a Co-designer

The Vanuatu ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Vanuatu with us.

Share your vision, suggest a guest, or write to us: every message receives a personal reply.

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Sources
  1. World Bank, World Development Indicators (API), accessed 10 November 2026: population and ages 0 to 14, 2025; land area and agricultural and forest land; renewable fresh water per person, 2022; natural resource, oil, gas and mineral rents, 2021; renewable electricity output, 2021; tourism receipts; personal remittances; electricity access and clean cooking.
  2. The seven standards: FAO food insecurity, WHO/UNICEF JMP water and sanitation, UN-Habitat urban slums, World Bank clean cooking, learning poverty and lower-secondary completion, and poverty headcounts (all via the World Bank); WHO UHC service coverage index, 2023.
  3. IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026 (DataMapper, accessed 10 November 2026): general government gross debt, 2025, and real GDP growth projected for 2026.
  4. World Bank project P181577; World Bank press release of 2 July 2025.
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