This special issue presents, in capsule form, presentations from workshops at the Eighth National Policy Institute. The conference theme of black economic advancement in the new century focused on globalization, education, and technology. Ten workshops were the core of the conference, and their topics were: (1) overcoming the 2000 Census…

Data from a household survey in northwestern China help assess education's impact on employment status and earnings of urban dwellers and on the value of small farm output. As in other developing countries, children of poorly educated, rural-dwelling parents perform less well than those of better educated, urban-dwelling parents. Includes eight…