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Economic Development Administration (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1973
The study reports on activities which include 59 management assistance projects resulting in 1,983 jobs and payrolls amounting to $9,097,000. In addition, the report describes work with local community leaders to make available information and techniques needed to provide public facilities in support of economic development. The report describes…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Employment Programs, Job Development
Jordon, Max F. – 1967
To determine the short term effects of a large apparel plant on the economy of a relatively isolated, highly rural Ozark area (8 counties), characterized by low income and few employment opportunities, this study compared 1959 data on the study area and the state of Arkansas with similar post plant data (1960-1963). Data were compared on income…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Development, Employed Women
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1978
This third volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains four papers prepared for the commission's use by various scholars in the field: "Evaluating the Economic Stimulus Package from an Employment and Training Perspective," by John Palmer; "Public Service Employment as…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Research, Employment Patterns
Social and Labour Bulletin, 1983
This series of articles presents a variety of studies related to employment opportunities for the disabled, stimulating economy and employment, and new job creation. These studies are related to both developed and developing countries and are also concerned with the international division of labor. (SSH)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Employment Opportunities
Halperin, Samuel – 1995
The United States has never had a consistent, unified work force development system. Instead, because of citizens' preference for decentralized government, most efforts at work force development have been sporadic and localized. From the 1960s until the early 1990s, Congress enacted between 125 and 175 narrowly-focused categorical employment…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Nathan, Richard P.; And Others – 1978
This second volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains the interim report of the Brookings Institution to the Commission based on their onsite monitoring of the program. The report is divided into seven chapters. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the report, and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Economic Development, Economic Research, Employment Patterns

Fazio, Ernest J., Jr.; Kelly, Patricia F. – 1978
Field study and analysis of program documents were undertaken in the first phase of a multi-phased research effort to improve and strengthen the relationships between CETA programs and economic development activities on Indian reservations. Exploratory in nature, the study examined the approaches developed by 24 Indian reservations and Native…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1974
The examination of Irish manpower policy is largely devoted to a consideration of the strategy for economic development and permanent job creation--as well as to a study of various aspects of the procedures and administrative arrangements adopted to attain these objectives. Attention is drawn to the fundamental imbalances in the Irish…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, Economic Development, Employment Level
National Commission for Manpower Policy, Washington, DC. – 1978
This first volume of a three-volume report of the National Commission for Manpower Policy on Public Service Employment (PSE) contains the commission's findings and recommendations. This document is divided into four sections. Section 1 includes the letter of transmittal sent to Congress and a summary of the findings. Section 2 contains a full…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Economic Development
Fazio, Ernest J., Jr.; Kelly, Patricia F. – 1978
A perspective on the state of reservation development is provided in this document, which reports the results of a study conducted among 25 Indian reservations to determine the degree of integration between CETA Indian manpower plans and the Overall Economic Development Plans. An introductory chapter provides a history of the study and identifies…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians