Report
Rethinking State Development Policies and Programs
This report created to educate Governors about long-range economic development policy and the decisions they make related to new business investment and expansion of existing firms.
Post Institute II: Key West, Florida
Document provides agenda and speaker information for the Investing in People (IIP) Workforce Policy Institute II Conference held in Key West, Florida.
Rural Telecommunications Meeting Summary
Summary of meeting of telecommunications and rural development professionals from across the United States held to review the status of rural telecommunications and to recommend courses of action to advance the field.
Creating Rural Opportunity: CGPA Policy Report
This final report from the CGPA addresses challenges in rural development, offering strategies to improve rural communities' quality of life.
Globalization and The North American Free Trade Agreement
Index of 1993 Conference "Globalization and the North American Free Trade Agreement:Impact on Rural Communities" Participants and Schedule.
Global Competitors: Local Incentives in Latin America
Paper presents a preliminary report on a project at the University of Texas which was then developing a comprehensive database on regional location incentives and relative regional competiveness.
Every Step Seems Down: The Chaos of Labor Market Entry and Promotion
Argument examines the labor market from the perspective of working families and argues need to change dramatically how labor market think about "good jobs."
Treading Water: The Stagnation Of Family Income Since 1973
Report shows wage stagnation among working-class families from 1973-1993.
An Ethnoinquiry on Poverty: People’s Commentaries in a Reservation World
Ethnographic study of poverty on Oglala Lakota reservation.
Globalization and The North American Free Trade Agreement: Impact on Rural Communities 1993 Conference Program
This document is an index for “GLOBALIZATION AND THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: Impact on Rural Communities,” a conference...
From The Bottom Up: Toward a Strategy for Income and Employment Generation Among the Disadvantaged
This Aspen Institute report, "FROM THE BOTTOM UP: Toward a Strategy for Income and Employment Generation Among the Disadvantaged," by Fred O'Regan and Maureen Conway (March 1993), details an interim study on local programs aimed at poverty alleviation and employment generation in the United States.
Training Reform In the United States: What’s Happening, What’s Not, What Should
This paper, titled "TRAINING REFORM IN THE UNITED STATES: WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHAT'S NOT, WHAT SHOULD," by Joel Rogers (June 1993), provides an introduction to the topic of training reform in the U.S. It addresses the reasons for the focus on training, the necessary reforms for U.S. training institutions, and the barriers to achieving those reforms.