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Peer reviewedFinsterbusch, Kurt; And Others – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1992
Examines the job-generating activities in 15 rural counties in Maryland through 175 interviews and field work. Those ranking high included industrial park development, economic development activities, and tourism. Special financial arrangements for relocating and new businesses also received high marks. Includes 48 references. (JOW)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Economic Factors, Job Development, Rural Areas
Download full textYin, Robert K.; And Others – 1989
A study examined six cases where job training and economic development had been successfully linked through an interorganizational arrangement. Cases were nominated by U.S. Employment and Training Administration officials, job training and economic development experts, and published reports. The six organizations of primary focus were Pima County…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Community Programs
Levitan, Sar A.; Miller, Elizabeth I. – 1992
In the 1980s and the early 1990s Congress failed to approve enterprise zone legislation which sought to help revitalize areas of high unemployment, poverty, and crime and low educational achievement by reducing taxes, relieving regulation, and eliminating other barriers to development. Establishment of comprehensive and sustained enterprise zone…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Federal Aid
