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փակիր այս գիրքըThe Courier - N°159 - Sept- Oct 1996 Dossier Investing in People Country Reports: Mali ; Western Samoa
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Դիտել փաստաթուղթըAcnowledgements
փակիր այս թղթապանակըMeeting points
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըIeremiah Tabai, Secretary General of the Forum Secretariat
փակիր այս թղթապանակըACP
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըA success story for African mining
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըJoint Assembly to consider climate problem
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըACP-EU Council in Apia
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըKenya's economy in the 1990s
փակիր այս թղթապանակըCountry report
փակիր այս թղթապանակըMali : An omnipresent sense of history
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըThree republics to create one democracy
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըInterview with Ali N. Diallo, President of the National Assembly
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըProfile
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըInterview with Amadou Seydou Traoré, opposition leader and USRDA spokesman
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըThe magnetism of the unfamiliar... but unexotic
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըMali-EU cooperation
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըNGOs finally achieve tangible results
փակիր այս թղթապանակըWestern Samoa
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըA new spirit of enterprise
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըAn interview with Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըProfile
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըMarketing a tropical idyIl
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըInterview with opposition leader Tupua Tamasese Efi
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըWestern Samoa-EU cooperation
փակիր այս թղթապանակըDossier
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըInvesting in people
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըA much needed new focus for SAPs
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըCapacity building for management and development
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըThe role of international academic cooperation
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըBrain drain : Colossal loss of investments for developing countries
Դիտել փաստաթուղթը'Brain gain' : A cost - effective UNDP programme
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըMobilising Commonwealth skills for Commonwealth development
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըEU's investments in education and training in the ACP states
փակիր այս թղթապանակըAnalysis
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըEU-ACP relations : Building for tomorrow
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըThe view of civil society on the future after Lomé IV
Դիտել փաստաթուղթը'Democratising democracy'
փակիր այս թղթապանակըClose-up
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըGrowing rice at high altitude in Burundi
փակիր այս թղթապանակըDeveloping world
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըFreedom of expression: the heartbeat of democracy
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըCampaigning for free expression in the SADC region
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըVolunteers show their worth
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըStructural adiustment, the environment, and sustainable development
փակիր այս թղթապանակըCulture and society
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըWhy a Biennial Festival of Contemporary African Art?
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըActing against AIDS
փակիր այս թղթապանակըCTA-Bulletin
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըEarthen architecture
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըThe courier’s mailbag
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըBibliography
փակիր այս թղթապանակըNews round-up
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըIn brief
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըThe institutions at work
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըVisits
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըSupport for human rights
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըAid for rehabilitation
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըEuropean development fund
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըEuropean investment bank
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըHumanitarian aid
Դիտել փաստաթուղթըFood aid

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General information

Area: 2934 km² (Exclusive Economic Zone of 130 000 km²)

Population: 165000

Population density: 57 per kiLométres

Capital: Apia (situated on the island of Upolu)

National language: Samoan (English is the business language)

Currency: Tala (WS$) made up of 100 sene. In June 1996, 1 ECU was worth approximately WS$ 3. (US$1 = WS$ 2.3)

Politics

System of government: A unicameral constitutional democracy with strong traditional elements. The current Head of State is one of the country's four paramount chiefs, and he holds the office for life. Thereafter, the Fono (Legislative Assembly) will elect the Head of State for five-year terms.

There is universal franchise (introduced in 1991) but in order to be a Parliamentary candidate, one has to be a matai (family head). Western Samoa is said to have about 19000 matai. The minimum voting age is 21.

Head of State: HH Malietoa Tanumafili II

Prime Minister: Tofilau Eti Alesana

Main political parties: Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), Samoa National Development Party (SNDP)

Party representation in Parliament: HRPP 35, SNDP 11, Independent 3. (The HRPP total includes 11 members elected as independents in the April 1996 election who subsequently joined the governing party).


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Economy (1995 figures unless otherwise stated)

Annual GDP per capita: approx US$ 950

GDP growth rate: 7%. The target for 1996 is 34%

Principal exports: coconut oil (WS $8m), coconut cream (WS $4.8m), copra (WS $2.2m).

Balance of payments: exports - WS $21.7m, imports - WS $228.1m. 'Invisible' earnings, officially described as 'net foreign earnings' amounted to WS $171m, leaving a current amount deficit of WS $36.8m in 1995 (20%lower than the previous year). The main 'invisibles' are private transfers (remittances from Western Samoans living abroad), tourism, income from services and the value added trade of the Yazaki electrical components firm.

Inflation rate (end 1995): 1 %. Inflation tends to fluctuate a great deal. The figure for 1994 was 18.4%.

Government budget (projected for 1996/97): revenue WS $288.4m, expenditure WS $312.7m, deficit WS $24.3m.

Accumulated government debt: WS$ 389 m

Social indicators

Life expectancy at birth (1993): 67.8 years

Adult literacy (1993): 98% (A UNESCO report in 1994 suggested that real literacy levels were significantly below those indicated in official figures)

Enrolment in education: all levels from age 6-23: 74%

Human Development Index rating: 0.700 (88th out of 174)

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