Summarizes recent developments in Virginia designed to improve the productivity of the state's small and medium businesses by increased use of the state's postsecondary education institutions. Suggests that a strategy of comprehensive leadership by educators and politicians is basic to successful technology transfer programs in the context of a…

Reviews a book assessing the effects of central grid rural electrification on the social and economic development of 192 communities in India and Colombia. The study examines the impact on agricultural productivity (through increased irrigation), the quality of life of women and children, business activities, and regional inequities. (SV)

Summarizes the history since 1936 of the Northern Utes, a tribe rich in energy resources. Describes political and economic development and demonstrated the tribe's dependence on federal funding. Discusses tribal sovereignty with regard to enrollment issues, rights of mixed-bloods, and disputes with local Whites. (SV)

Describes and critically analyzes volume of "Canadian Journal of Native Studies" (v4 n2 1984). Sketches journal's history and critiques three articles. Article topics include history (Indian treaties and Indian policy administration); resource development impacts (reserve land flooding, native health, and fishing); and native education…

Addresses the issue related to the fact that Zambian women perform over 80 percent of the farm work in Zambia, yet have limited access to skills, technologies, labor, capital, and land that would help their work. Integration of women into development projects in Zambia and areas for future research are also discussed. (GG)

Reviews the potential contributions of Virginia's community colleges to the state's economic development, focusing on flexible delivery of services, knowledge of and responsiveness to community needs, services to assist and attract businesses, and leadership in community problem solving. (DMM)

Discusses how applied economic development has been integrated into the economic geography curriculum at Oregon State University (Corvallis). States that coursework in applied economic development should lead to greater understanding of the causes of economic change, the problems associated with growth or decline, and methods for achieving…

Human resource investments are increasingly viewed as critical to the process of human development. In the future, a country's competitiveness in the world market will depend upon the quality of its human resources--knowledge, learning, information, and skilled intelligence. (JOW)

Hagerstown Junior College's advanced technology program enables entrepreneurs to take an idea from computer-assisted design and manufacture, through prototype development and test-marketing, to full-scale production. An interactive video facility and the financial expertise of economic development agencies combine with the technology center to…

Argues that economic development on American Indian reservations can strengthen a tribe's ability to maintain its culture if all development plans are formulated with consideration for their total societal impact. Discusses holistic approaches to development and business management, spiritual concerns, implications for higher education, and…

A 1993 survey of Israeli university faculty by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching investigated faculty perceptions of change and crisis in the system in the context of expanded economic development in Israel. Focus is on perceptions of the relationship between teaching and research and the erosion of the faculty's status in…

Recent reform of Australia's higher education system has resulted in a much more direct relationship between government and universities. Although it is criticized as reducing institutional autonomy, the new interdependence of the entities reflects an official view of higher education as an invaluable economic resource and concerns about…

Rebecca Adamson, president and founder of First Nations Development Institute, compares the values of traditional American Indian economies that stress sustainability and limited inequalities among society members with the deficiencies of the Western economic system. Discusses First Nations Development Institute's view of Indian gaming and how it…

Examines major determinants of economic development in South Korea and Taiwan. Investigates the role of human capital, measured by educational attainment, in driving output growth and enlarging the labor income share. Physical capital accumulation and export expansion affected output growth in both nations. Although technical progress…

Analyzes Singapore's information technology master plan in relation to its earlier national computer policy plans. Topics include global activities, economic development, implementation and use of information technology and services, and partnerships with industry and the public sector. (Author/LRW)