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Working papers, briefings and research reports from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative. Read summaries here or download the papers in full.
Advancing evidence-based policy in Small Island States and partner nations
A digital-first report
The State of SIDS Report 2026: Defending the Special Case
The State of SIDS Report 2026 is a landmark, comprehensive synthesis of current evidence on sustainable development across Small Island Developing States. Developed by nearly 30 island experts from the Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI) at ODI Global, this vital publication tackles critical issues spanning economic self-sufficiency, gender equality, resilient energy infrastructure, and international financial architecture reform. Ultimately, it makes a powerful case for sustained global support by highlighting both the immense value of small islands to humanity, and the urgency of the existential threats they face.
This report is designed for your browser, with clickable charts, tables, and boxes, and source links placed alongside the relevant text. You can also download individual chapters or summaries as PDFs for page-specific citations. Explore the first of our publications to migrate to this highly interactive web format, setting a new digital standard for future briefing papers and policy research designed to inform and inspire change.
- Interactive charts, properly indexedAll 23 figures are listed in the support panel, making the data you need quick to find.
- Tables are accessibleWe’ve built each individual table as text on the page; making insights easy to read, copy and paste.
- Dynamic footnotingReaders can open footnotes where they appear, rather than scrolling through long pages at the end.
- 563SourcesReferences are clickable, listed in the support panel, and link straight to the original source.
Interactive charts, properly indexed
Tables are accessible
Dynamic footnoting
563SourcesThe printed edition may be made available to recognised institutions and governments. Please request a copy here.
How to navigate the interactive report
The navigator
Everything you need, in one panel
Use the navigation panel to access the contents, figures, tables, images, footnotes, references, abbreviations and publisher’s page of record. The contents show your current position in the report. Figures and tables include visual previews to help you identify the item you need. Select any item to jump directly to it.
The State of SIDS2026
Defending the special case
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Every claim links back to its source.
Select a citation to view the author, year, full reference and a link to the source. Of the 563 references in this report, 558 include a direct link. Footnotes and abbreviations are accessible in the same way, and cross-references take you directly to the relevant figure or box.
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Citation and download options
The publisher’s page of record provides the official citation, ISSN, licence and reuse terms. You can also export the citation in formats compatible with reference managers, avoiding manual entry.
Download the full report or individual chapters as a PDF when you need page numbers for citations.
- ISSN
- Licence
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