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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.

To identify challenges to employment growth and identify potential policy interventions for improving labor markets. American Samoa is cited in only a few statistics, but other South Pacific jurisdictions are thoroughly covered.

This document assesses the economic status of the Pacific Islands and identifies opportunities for growth and development.

This document summarizes the status of the Fishing Industry in American Samoa and identifies opportunities for growth and development.

To summarize the Growth Experience of developing countries over 25 years in order to inform Growth and Development Strategies in the South Pacific.

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 28, 2011
Presidential Memorandum -- Making it Easier for America's Small Businesses and America's Exporters to Access Government Services to Help Them Grow and Hire

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT: Making it Easier for America's Small Businesses and America's Exporters to Access Government Services to Help Them Grow and Hire

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US Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program

Some 120 temporary workers have been recruited so far from about 2,000 applications the Department of Human Resources (DHR) received for possible temporary employment under the $24.8 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor for recovery efforts...

American Samoa's post tsunami disaster economic recovery strategies, developed under the leadership of ASG Government Authorized Representative (GAR) and Human Resource director Vaitautolu Evelyn Langford, have captured the attention of several development organizations for their innovative approach to island development and their sensitivity to island culture - they have been featured in economic development forums from L.A. to Washington DC to Juneau, Alaska.