Regional and Territorial Policy

A review of American Samoa’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy will include recommendations on possible business ventures for Manu’a, not only to create jobs but attract Manuans back to the islands.

Businessman Lewis Wolman is contracted with economist Malcolm McPhee to update the Strategy.

Mr Wolman says tourism, fishing, agriculture and the broadband link, called BLAST, all hold promise of greater economic activity in Manu’a.

A Hawaiian company is eyeing the outer islands of Manu’a in American Samoa for its first tele-medicine network.

The Native Hawaiian Holdings Company has already been awarded a 4.9 million US dollar contract to train American Samoans for jobs in the tele-medicine industry and other technology related opportunities.

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

Governor Tulafono's Speech to Inter-agency Group on Insular Affairs.

Analyzes evolution of US relations with island jurisdictions and identifies critical Economic Challenges in the (new) context of globalization.