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Affinal Kin
American Fishing Industry
American Tax Dollars
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Baking Materials
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Coconut Palms
Copra Production
culture change
Dedication Feast
Demand Dimension
District Overseers
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financial dependence
foreign aid impact
Full Church Members
Giant Swamp Taro
Hog Cholera
household consumption patterns
indigenous economic systems
Job Households
Jobless Households
Life Crisis Ceremonies
Life Crisis Events
Micronesian economic development
Micronesian economy
Modern Informants
Nipa Palm
Northern Marianas
Pacific island economies
public sector employment
Public Speaking Contexts
Short Term Guests
Subsistence Choices
Tinned Meats
trust territory
U.S. policy
US policy effects on Micronesia
Wet Lowlands
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367008253
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 146 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 28 Apr 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Many small-scale economies depend on or are affected significantly by subsidies granted by foreign powers. An especially interesting example of this form of financial dependence is Micronesia, a Pacific archipelago that has been a trust territory of the United States since 1947. During the 197Os, appropriations from the U.S. government to Micronesia amounted to more than $1000 per capita. The appropriations provided social services and capital improvement projects, along with employment opportunities for many local people. This book describes the impact of externally funded, public sector employment on the economy of Micronesia in general and of one island (Kosrae) in particular. Dr. Peoples shows how government employment affects the agricultural sector, consumption patterns, investment decisions by private businesses, allocation of labor, and the economies of individual households. He also shows how the island’s indigenous economic organization and cultural practices interact with U.S. policy to influence the pattern of economic change. Comparisons with other dependent areas examine the relevance of the Micronesian case to development studies in general.
James G.Peoples
