Commerce

New Developments Possible For Am. Samoa’s Manu’a Islands
Agricultural, transportation strategies considered

By Fili Sagapolutele

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.

Excerpt from the Forward of the report:

The objectives of this survey were to establish a baseline for monitoring the territory's economy; provide statistical inferences for expanding and diversifying the territory's economy; improve employment statistics and obtain quantifiable minimum wage impacts.  Although a quarterly Survey, it looks like it was only conducted once - in 2009.

Briefing paper originally prepared in 2004, updated in 2007, summarizing business and development opportunities in American Samoa.