Maldives is one of the most uniquely dispersed and geographically fragmented countries in the world. The island nation is scattered across 1,192 low lying small islands of which only about one percent is land. The geographic distribution of 515,122 people across dispersed small islands is a major challenge for equitable development and shared prosperity across all islands of the Maldives.
As a country heavily dependent on tourism, Maldives was…