Micro-traders: a Case Study of Micro-finance on Yap Proper, Federated States of Micronesia

Ames, Ann (2012). "Micro-traders: a Case Study of Micro-finance on Yap Proper, Federated States of Micronesia". Pacific Asia Inquiry. 3 (1): 102–115. ISSN 2377-0929.

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Abstract: This research is part of an ongoing project focusing on Micro-Traders, a micro-finance project on Yap proper, the Federated States of Micronesia. Yap proper is the economic core of Yap State, linking the Ulithi Atoll and other outer islands of Yap State with modern economic exchange opportunities. The primary objective of this study is to identify ways in which Micro-Traders has successfully integrated members' traditional economic relations with the modern economy found on Yap proper. Analysis focuses on micro-finance as a successful form of community-level development. Assess to capital and market resources are primary issues relevant to the study which include savings groups, micro-credit, local market development, consumerism, cash-crop production, farm development, income-generating activities, and project incomes. What follows is an analysis on Micro-Traders.