American Samoa Visitors Bureau Homepage: An example of an effort to increase tourism as part of an Economic Development Strategy for American Samoa.

Executive Summary

A background paper on regional cooperation and collaboration among small island nations in the South Pacific.

Focus on Fiji, Vanuatu, Kirabati, PNG, Tonga, but policy discussion is relevant to American Samoa, and statistical comparisons include other Pacific Islands.

American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Division of Community and Natural Resources (CNR) is submitting this joint Extension and Research Plan of Work Update for the period 2012-2016.
         
This plan focuses on the Hatch and Smith-Lever projects being implemented as a result of stakeholder and program inputs.  Consistent with NIFA priorities, CNR's "Planned Programs" are:

Excerpt from initiative announcement:

An overview of BusinessUSA, a cross-agency initiative to make it easier for American Businesses to access the services they need to grow and hire.

Summary of immediate aftermath - Clean-Up and Response.

Excerpts from a report on grants for education jobs in Insular Areas. The report is part of the record for the 2012 Interagency Group on Insular Areas: