Intergovernmental and governmental measures to promote local employment initiatives are underway in Europe. Local authorities are assuming responsibility for economic development in their areas, and the private sector is providing direct or indirect support. (SK)

The user-oriented and utilization-focused evaluation design of the two-year Caribbean Agricultural Extension Project, funded by Aid to International Development, is reviewed. The evaluation scope, stakeholders, evaluation team credibility, official approval of evaluation, and confidence in the evaluation process are addressed, within a…

Discusses Australia's growth since European settlement and its development into a major world trader in industrial and high technology raw materials. Examines the country's expanding relations with New Zealand and other Pacific states which is the outgrowth of the realization that all will gain from greater international cooperation. (GEA)

The Soviet Union's strategy for economic and social development and the designated role of higher education in that process are discussed. The humanistic role of higher education in addressing international problems is highlighted. (MSE)

Telephone interviews with 501 immigrants to 75 nonmetropolitan midwestern counties revealed that they favor development as long as it does not raise taxes. Older and less satisfied inmigrants supported expansion significantly more than did other newcomers. Younger, better educated individuals and women seemed more willing to assume added tax…

New data show small local firms create less than a third of new jobs in rural areas and are unreliable employment sources because many fail within their first 5 years of business. Local planners should consider mix of corporate affiliates offering potential of many jobs and small independent firms. (NEC)

Explores the causes of the demise of community development and shows how a community development department could become the major agency for social and economic development. (JOW)

Reviews the evolution of the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, which advanced discussions on the connection between refugees and the development process. Discusses potential roles of the World Bank and the World Food Program in providing technical assistance to refugee-related development projects. (Author/GC)

Essays by Bertha A. Landrum, Director of Occupational Education at the Maricopa Community Colleges; Jackie Presser, General President of the Teamsters; and Robert W. Scott, President of the North Carolina State Department of Community Colleges highlight the role of community colleges in meeting the nation's human resource development needs. (HB)

Presents an anthropology simulation game in which students learn that a social issue is viewed differently by different segments of any population and issues are more complex than simply "right" or "wrong." The game focuses on the case of development, with students playing the roles of indigenous peoples, big business, entrepreneurs, and…

Illustrates approaches to what training can and should do for the development process of a country, including alternative styles of training, needs analysis, planning and design models, evaluation, and passive versus active learning. (SK)

Discusses the ways in which the University of Wisconsin system, the Wisconsin Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education, and the Department of Public Instruction contribute to the economic development of the state. (JOW)

Proposed is a systems analysis approach to managing the economic, cultural, and scientific development of Third World nations. (SL)

Fifteen recommendations were developed by the Roundtable on Higher Education during the group's annual meeting June 15, 2004. Following the meeting, a survey was sent to the roundtable members to determine the extent of agreement with each of the recommendations. Survey results showed a high level of agreement among roundtable members on all 15…

As demands for a more advanced workforce increase, the relationship between higher education and economic success is more recognized by leaders in both academia and economic development. As Larry Walther, Director of Arkansas Department of Economic Development, stated in a recent presentation to the Blue Ribbon Committee on Higher Education,…