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- ↑ "MULTILATERAL INVESTMENT GUARANTEE AGENCY - Governors" (PDF). World Bank.
- ↑ "Group of 30 :: Resources". group30.org.
- 1 2 3 "STANDING COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 21-27" (PDF). www.cfsm.gov.fm. TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.
- 1 2 "C.R. NO. 21-81" (PDF). www.cfsm.gov.fm. TWENTY-FIRST CONGRESS OF THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA.
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