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American Samoa Needs Effective Aid To Improve Government Operations and Become a Self-Supporting Territory

CED-78-154 Published: Sep 22, 1978. Publicly Released: Oct 23, 1978.
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American Samoa is largely dependent on Federal funds as the base for its economy. Well-conceived goals and priorities for its development do not exist. The American Samoa Government has neither an effective financial management system nor an adequately trained work force to carry out its operations.

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