Book Description

The U.S. has supported programs to enhance the economic development of the U.S. insular areas & the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands for many years. These areas include: Amer. Samoa, the Northern Marianas, Guam, Palau & the Virgin Islands. This report reviews the extent to which the Fed. gov't. has developed goals & strategies for its assistance, & mechanisms to ensure coordination amount the various Fed. agencies that provide assistance to the areas. U.S. direct Fed. expenditures in the insular areas totaled about $1.5 billion in FY 1992. Tables.