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Marshall Islands

A nation of 36,000 on coral atolls in the North Pacific, with $2.3 billion of United States economic assistance through 2043 under its renewed Compact and $60 million from the World Bank for renewable power.

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

Marshall Islands at a glance

Work with usRead the Letter to Marshall Islands

What we do for Marshall Islands

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 Diaspora to The Land.
  2. 02CapitalThe laurels4 instruments and investments on record, every one sourced.
  3. 03SolutionsThe seven starsSeven basic standards of living, star by star. Livelihood 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 Marshall Islands toward seven basic standards of living for every citizen.

  • 23.5%Of GDP sent home by citizens abroad, 2024

    The Diaspora

    Marshallese abroad, many in the United States, send home almost a quarter of the economy.

  • 53.6%Of the land under forest, 2024

    The Forest

    Coconut groves and atoll forest across half the land.

  • 15.6%Of export earnings from visitors, 2018

    The Visitors

    Bikini Atoll, wrecks and lagoons: a small visitor economy with a unique history.

  • 36,282Citizens, 2025

    The People

    33.9% are under fifteen: a young nation that can live and work in the United States under the Compact.

  • 180 km²Land area, 2023

    The Land

    Territory to farm, power and protect.

Every figure, with its sourceThe Sovereign Assets ledger

02Capital · The laurels · Capital Architecture

The Compact, the sun and the sea.

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

Capital Architecture

The record in figures

  • $2.3bnUnited States economic assistance to the Marshall Islands under the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024, through 2043Arms Control Association, 2024
  • $60MRenewable Energy Generation and Access Increase Project, September 2024World Bank, 2024
  • 23.5%Remittances received from citizens abroad, share of GDP, 2024World Bank, 2024
  • 8.8%General government gross debt, share of GDP, 2025IMF, WEO Oct 2026

Capital already committed

  • BilateralEnactedCompact of Free Association, economic assistance$2.3bn

    United States · Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2024 · Signed 9 March 2024 · Through 2043

    All three nations: $7.1 billion

    Twenty years of US economic assistance to the Marshall Islands under the renewed Compact; $7.1 billion in all for Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau.

    United States

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedRenewable Energy Generation and Access Increase Project$60M

    World Bank · Approved 24 September 2024

    Solar power for Majuro and the outer islands.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedFiscal Management and Disaster and Climate Resilience DPO with a Cat DDO$21M

    World Bank · Approved 19 July 2024

    Budget support with funds that release when disaster strikes.

    World Bank

    Source
  • MultilateralApprovedPacific Resilience Project II, additional financing$15M

    World Bank · Approved 6 May 2024

    Coastal protection and preparedness.

    World Bank

    Source

The Marshall Islands Newswire

The Solutions Wire
Kathy Jetnil, Nation Steward of Marshall Islands

Kathy JetnilNation Steward of Marshall Islands · SI Researcher

Already working in Marshall Islands.

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

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

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

03Solutions · The seven stars · Perfect Capita

Perfect Marshall Islands, 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 Marshall Islands in its own prices.

How Perfect Capita works
Marshall Islands: 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 Marshall Islands.WATER87.4%SHELTER97.6%ENERGY80%FOOD–EDUCATION100HEALTH66LIVELIHOOD63.5%
63.5%
Livelihood · furthest from reachAbove US$8.30 a day; 36.5% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2019

Tap a star for its figure and source.

The price of Perfect Marshall Islands

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

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  • FoodNot measuredNo FAO measure of food insecurity is published for Marshall IslandsFAO
  • Water87.4%Basic drinking water; safely managed water is not measured (lenient)WHO/UNICEF, 2024
  • Shelter97.6%City dwellers outside slums; 2.4% live in slums; safely managed sanitation is not measuredUN-Habitat, 2022
  • Energy80%80% cook with clean fuels and technology; 97.2% have electricityWorld Bank, 2024
  • Education100100% of young people complete lower secondary schoolWorld Bank, 2024
  • Health66WHO service coverage indexWHO, 2023
  • Livelihood63.5%Above US$8.30 a day; 36.5% live below it, datedWorld Bank, 2019

Perfect Nations estimate, to be confirmed with Marshall Islands. 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 Marshall Islands

All Solutions

  • The Solution for Marshall IslandsLivelihood

    Let local banks lend to the enterprises that hire.

    • 01The challenge36.5% Of Marshallese live below US$8.30 a day, on 2019 data. World Bank, 2019
    • 02The dealSmall-business credit guarantee, proved in Barbados, 2025: $50M up to 80% of each loan. Inter-American Development Bank, July 2025
    • 03What Perfect Nations advisesNations where livelihoods are furthest from reach should set up a facility that guarantees most of each small-business loan, so that local banks lend to the firms they would otherwise turn away. With super intelligence, lenders can assess firms that have no credit history, and every job each loan creates can be counted.
    Co-design it inThe ReDesign StudioThe three mandates
Perfect Nations® · Letters to the NationsMarshall Islands

Dear Marshall Islands,

Your atolls rise only a little above the sea, and the United States has committed $2.3 billion to you through 2043.

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Your children complete school. On the 2019 data, more than a third of you lived below US$8.30 a day. Let the Compact and the sun build livelihoods that last as long as the islands.

“The Compact for twenty years, the sun for ever: let both build lasting livelihoods.”

Yours in design,Preeti SinhaPresident and CEO, Perfect Nations

Work with us · The ReDesign Studio

The Perfect Marshall Islands ReDesign Studio

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

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For the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 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. 02Livelihood, 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 Marshallese and Co-designers design the nation they want to live in.

  • Writings

    Write Perfect Marshall Islands into being.

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

    Submit your writing

  • Voices of Perfect Nations Launching soon

    The local leaders already building Perfect Marshall Islands.

    Great local leaders: honest, dedicated and committed to basic standards of living for all. Every guest answers one question: “What does Marshall Islands 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 Marshall Islands.

    Become a Co-designer

The Marshall Islands ReDesign Studio is open

Design Perfect Marshall Islands 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. Arms Control Association, April 2024; RNZ, 11 March 2024; Joint Economic Committee of the US Senate, May 2024.
  5. World Bank projects P181250, P504373 and P181646.
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