Countries and Regions

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Country Assistance Plans - Federated States of Micronesia

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VIII. Economic and Sector Work Program

50. ADB has produced a Human Resource Development (HRD) Study for PDMCs in 1995. An HRD study for FSM was also conducted under the Study. Through the 1996 PIER for FSM, a complementary study on the education sector was also carried out. Despite the fact that a general decline of human development status has been observed in FSM, there is however no updated and reliable sector analyses in health and education sector since ADB financed studies. To update and broaden the picture, ADB provided in 1999 a SSTA¹⁹ to assist the preparation of a comprehensive sector study on human resource development.

51. The newly established National Statistics Office (NSO) is not yet in a position to establish a basic compilation system for social indicators²⁰. The need to enhance the institutional capacity of maintaining up-to-date social statistics should be addressed as the FSM government is entering into the re-negotiations of the US Compact Agreement, on which most health and education expenditures are reliant. Accordingly a TA for strengthening the national statistical system was approved in 1999 and will be implemented over the current operational cycle. Finally, preparation of a new PIER for FSM will be carried out during the program period.

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