National debt

Samoa confident of managing $US420m debt

TheĀ Samoa ObserverĀ reported the country's biggest creditor was China, which it owed about $US160 million.

This is more than its debts to the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank and Japan combined.

Sili said he was confident Samoa could afford to pay off its loans.

The government has only borrowed to build infrastructure that will enhance the social economic well-being of the people and drive the economy's growth, he said.