Yap Summit Community Sector - Yap State Government

YAP STATE GOVERNMENT
Recommendations were made to support the achievement of the Goal:
• No specific recommendations were made. [Secretariat Note: It is highly recommended to undergo further
research to identify the nodes that impede a cost effective use of local resources, grants and loans
dedicated to infrastructures. A closer look at IPIC is also recommended.]
Related MDGs
MDG 1. Poverty, Hardship, Hunger
Target 1-B. Employment
GDP per person employed
- wage sector
-salary sector
GDP per person employed (growth rate)
Population employed (wage and salary sector)
Person 15+ years of age in labor force (%)
- Total/Male/Female
Labor force in wage and salary jobs (%)
- Total/Male/Female
Labor force unemployed (%)
- Total/Male/Female
Working poor (households in lowest 30% expenditure
with one or more workers)
FY95
FY08
FY95
FY08
YAP
$ 13,927
$ 14,936
YAP 0.5%
[FSM]
[$ 13,069]
[$ 13,939]
[FSM
0.4%]
2008 YAP 21.2% [FSM
2000 YAP
69/70/68
2000 % YAP
44/57/31
2000 YAP
4/6/3%
[FSM]
[59/67/50
[FSM] %]
[37/44/39
[FSM]
[22/21/24
%]
2005 YAP 66.9% [FSM
77.9%]
Figure 2 Private Sector & MDG 1
Source: Millennium Development Goals & The Federated States of Micronesia, Status Report 2010
Census Information Relevant to the Sector
Labor Force
Status
FSM
Yap
Persons 15+
years
66,163 7,693
In labor force 35,276 5,046
Percent 53.3 65.6
Employed 31,791 4,869
Formal work 15,134 2,465
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