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  International Trade and Business Bookstore: Economic Development Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) was established under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121), as amended, to generate new jobs, help retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically-distressed areas of the United States.
EDA assistance is available to rural and urban areas of the Nation experiencing high unemployment, low income, or sudden and severe economic distress.
EDA helps distressed communities address problems associated with long-term economic distress, as well as sudden and severe economic dislocations including recovering from the economic impacts of natural disasters, and the closure of military installations and other Federal facilities.
tradecenter.ntis.gov /eda.htm   (195 words)

  
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The Economic Development Administration (EDA) was established to work with states and localities to generate new jobs, retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically distressed areas and regions of the United States.
EDA’s investments are strategically targeted to increase local competitiveness and strengthen the local and regional economic base.
The economic growth of an area depends on the development of strategies that focus on the community’s unique strengths that are market-based and can leverage private, community, and public resources.
www.eda.gov /AboutEDA/AbtEDA.xml   (406 words)

  
 Overview of Bahá'í Social and Economic Development
The earliest Bahá'í development projects were schools established by the Bahá'ís of Iran at the turn of the century in response to a stream of letters from `Abdu'l-Bahá extolling the importance of education, especially for women.
Baha'i participation in social and economic development has grown rapidly in the past decade, and in some nations, Bahá'ís have made a visible contribution in rural education, in community health worker training, and in programs for the promotion of equality of the sexes and the elimination of prejudice.
Compilations of Bahá'í scripture on the Bahá'í paradigm of social and economic development are Social and Economic Development (Mona Vale: Bahá'í Publications Australia, 1988) and Vick, Holly Hanson, Social and Economic Development: A Bahá'í Approach (Oxford: George Ronald, 1989), 134.
info.bahai.org /article-1-8-1-6.html   (4649 words)

  
 Economic Development Administration
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) was established under the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. § 3121), as amended, to generate jobs, help retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically distressed areas of the United States.
In fulfilling it mission, EDA is guided by the basic principle that distressed communities must be empowered to develop and implement their own economic development and revitalization strategies.
EDA helps distressed communities address problems associated with long-term economic distress, as well as sudden and severe economic dislocations including recovering from the economic impacts natural disasters, the closure of military installations and other Federal facilities, changing trade patterns, and the depletion of natural resources.
www.epa.gov /region8/land_waste/bfhome/bftools/eda.html   (556 words)

  
 Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
EDA assistance is available to rural and urban areas of the nation experiencing high unemployment, low-income levels, or sudden and severe economic distress.
In fulfilling its mission, the Economic Development Administration is guided by the basic principle that distressed communities must be empowered to develop and implement their own economic development and revitalization strategies.
The Economic Development Administration helps distressed communities address problems associated with long-term economic deterioration, the closure of military installations and other Federal facilities, as well as sudden and severe economic dislocations including recovering from the economic impacts of natural disasters.
bingaman.senate.gov /sb/html/eda.html   (167 words)

  
 Department of Commerce: Economic Development Administration
The administration’s purpose is to generate new jobs; help retain existing jobs; and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in economically distressed areas of the United States.
EDA provides grants for infrastructure development, local capacity building and business development to help communities alleviate conditions of substantial and persistent unemployment as well as underemployment in economically distressed areas and regions.
EDA considers a community distressed if the two year unemployment rate is at least 1% above the national average or if the per capita income of the community is 80% of the national average.
www.epa.gov /docs/region02/superfund/brownfields/eda.htm   (596 words)

  
 Economic Development Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
In the meantime, economic development districts are asked to forward comments to NADO Legislative Director Jason Boehlert at jboehlert@nado.org or 202.624.8590.
During questioning, Director Bolten repeatedly asserted that the "consolidation" of 18 community and economic development programs was necessary to ensure that resources are directed to the most distressed communities and that funding cuts were necessary in order to enact the President's plan of cutting the deficit in half over the next five years.
EDA should develop a standardized proposal scoring tool that will be implemented in each of the six regional offices and that will meet the requirements of the Federal E-Grants initiative.
www.nado.org /legaffair/eda.html   (4058 words)

  
 Economic Development Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
On August 11, 2005, EDA published in the Federal Register an interim final rule to reflect amendments made to its authorizing statute, the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, by the Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act of 2004.
September Symposium - EDA and Penn State University will hold a one-day Symposium for 21st Century Economic Development on September 22, 2005 at the Ritz-Carlton Pentagon City in Arlington, Virginia.
The symposium will feature discussion on innovative strategies for economic development among business leaders, government officials, and economic development practitioners and researchers.
www.doc.gov /eda   (194 words)

  
 Rural Development Center--Economic Development Administration
EDA supports local economic development efforts in areas with high unemployment and low per capita income.
EDA provided $25 million for development projects on the Eastern Shore, including funds for industrial parks in Denton, Federalsburg, Cambridge, Princess Anne, Pocomoke, and Queen Anne's County.
EDA provided $5,675,000 sto support the start-up of the UMES Rural Development Center and establish three revolving loan funds serving Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.
skipjack.net /le_shore/rural/eda.html   (223 words)

  
 Coming Clean for Economic Development
Local public officials, economic development practitioners, and plant owners who have sought to revitalize fallow industrial properties face a daunting challenge: contamination of the buildings, equipment, and surrounding land and water.
In many situations, private developers and financiers are not able, or willing, to act on their own to ensure that the full economic potential of site reuse will be achieved.
Economic development practitioners, therefore, need to understand these laws and programs — how they work, what concerns they can address, and how they can be packaged creatively with familiar financing tools.
www.nemw.org /cmclean.htm   (1840 words)

  
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This summary describes a framework for regional economic development based on the recognition that healthy regional economies are composed of industry clusters including their supporting economic infrastructure.
EDA funds 69 university centers in 45 states and Puerto Rico for the support of local and regional economic development.
This study has been prepared to aid and inform economic development practitioners seeking to promote technology transfer and commercialization, so they can understand and realistically assess the potential for technology-based development in their respective areas.
www.eda.gov /Research/ResearchReports.xml   (1689 words)

  
 Third World Economic Development, by Clive Crook: The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Library of Economics and ...
This shows, first, that the setbacks the developing countries encountered in the eighties—high interest rates, debt-servicing difficulties, falling export prices—were an aberration, and that the currently fashionable pessimism about their future is greatly overdone.
The essential elements of a development strategy based on orthodox economics are macroeconomic stability, foreign trade, and strictly limited intervention in the economy.
A common argument is that many developing countries will be condemned to economic stagnation, regardless of the economic policies their governments pursue, by two factors beyond their control: their insupportable debts and their lack of home-grown entrepreneurs.
www.econlib.org /library/Enc/ThirdWorldEconomicDevelopment.html   (5135 words)

  
 Delta Regional Authority
Led by a Federal Co-Chairman and the governors of each participating state, the DRA is designed to remedy severe and chronic economic distress by stimulating economic development and fostering partnerships that will have a positive impact on the region’s economy.
The DRA will help economically distressed communities to leverage other federal and state programs which are focused on basic infrastructure development and transportation improvements, business development, and job training services.
Under federal law, at least 75 percent of funds must be invested in distressed counties and parishes and pockets of poverty, with 50 percent of the funds earmarked for transportation and basic infrastructure improvements.
www.dra.gov   (290 words)

  
 Memorandum of Understanding between EPA OSWER and the Economic Development Administration
Building on the current working relationship between EPA and the DOC's Economic Development Administration (EDA), this document updates and renews the partnership established between the two agencies in 1995, with the objective of further enhancing interagency cooperation and collaboration in keeping with the respective agencies' environmental protection and economic development objectives.
This joint research agenda could include short-term investigations as well as longer-term research, the development of performance measures and benchmarks for joint programmatic initiatives, and preparation of guidance materials to help states, tribes, and localities more effectively address brownfields assessment, cleanup and economic development.
This MOU will become effective upon signature by the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and by the Assistant Secretary for Economic Development of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and shall remain in effect until termination by either Party.
www.epa.gov /swerosps/bf/html-doc/moueda.htm   (1154 words)

  
 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HAWAII. Free term papers for college, book reports and research papers. Welcome to Essay Express
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 Economic Development Administration Programs
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) was established to generate jobs, help retain existing jobs, and stimulate industrial, technological, and commercial growth in economically-distressed areas of the United States.
Planning grants assist economic development planning and implementation activities such as economic analysis, definition of economic development goals, determination of project opportunities, and the formulation and implementation of development programs that include systematic efforts to generate employment opportunities, reduce unemployment, and increase incomes.
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the appropriate EDA Regional Office or Economic Development Representative to discuss the proposal and obtain additional EDA program information, application instructions and forms.
www.nemw.org /farmersmarkets/edap.html   (510 words)

  
 The business of luring business - The Washington Times: Commentary - January 23, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The Bush administration, in its fiscal 2006 budget proposal, is expected to call for major cuts in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's economic development programs.
The stated purpose of the economic development offices is to attract new businesses and industries to communities, or keep existing businesses from migrating.
Unsatisfying as it may be to the many proponents of economic development programs, government can best promote economic growth and prosperity by sticking to the basics: protecting private property rights, enforcing the law, providing basic services, and keeping taxes and regulations to a minimum.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050122-103400-9337r.htm   (685 words)

  
 Economic Development Administration Federal Grants
Abstract: EDA oversees three (National, Local and University Center) technical assistance which to promote economic development and alleviate under-employment and unemployment in distressed areas.
EDA provides Public Works investments to support the construction of rehabilitation of essential public infrastructure and development facilities...
Aids the long-range economic development of areas with severe unemployment and low family income problems; aids in the development of public facilities and private enterprise to help create new, permanent jobs.
www.federalgrantswire.com /economic_development_administration_department_of_commerce_federal_grants.html   (316 words)

  
 Chapter 12: Economic Development
Key principles of good development strategies, studies on industry clusters and economic development tools, data sources, economic development resources, and a framework for industry analysis.
Economic development association that provides technical assistance, publications and newsletters, legislative updates, a quarterly journal, and professional development courses.
Introduction to key concepts in telecommunications development, telecom as an economic development strategy, and a fourteen-point checklist to determine progress toward participating in the global economy.
www.rural.org /lgg/Ch12_EconDev.html   (2504 words)

  
 FR Doc 03-8612
EDA will fulfill this mission by promoting progressive domestic business policies and growth, and by assisting states, local governments, and community-based organizations in achieving their highest economic potential.
EDA expects the majority of planning funds will be used for support to existing Economic Development District and Indian tribe grantees.
EDA will invest in University Centers that are focused on economic development and are proactive and innovative in spirit and in action.
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 New Growth Theory, Technology and Learning   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Development may be a process of creative destruction, with a succession of monopolistically competitive technologies and firms.
Development is in part chaotic because small events at critical times can have persistent, long term impacts on patterns of economic activity.
Societies that generate and tolerate new ideas, and that continuously adapt to changing economic and technological circumstances are a precondition to sustained economic growth.
www.impresaconsulting.com /ngt.htm   (398 words)

  
 EDA Reauthorization   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Washington, D.C. — Legislation to authorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA) for five years to provide a total of $2.25 billion for programs to assist economically distressed communities was unanimously approved by the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today.
EDA is a crucial tool to bringing some prosperity to regions of the country that have been economically left behind.”
Allows non-profits engaged in economic development activities to be eligible for assistance.
www.house.gov /transportation/press/press2003/release121.html   (558 words)

  
 EDA salutes nine universities serving minorities > UTSA Today > University of Texas at San Antonio
At the event, EDA representatives recognized the critical competitive edge these institutions provide not only the local economy but also the U.S. economy.
EDA values its partnership with the leaders we honor and the institutions they represent."
According to a recent study, UTSA has a total estimated economic impact on the state of Texas of more than $852 million.
www.utsa.edu /today/2003/12/eda.cfm   (313 words)

  
 New Mexico Economic Development
The Economic Development Department promotes research and development, helps finance job training, breathes more life into our downtowns, recruits new businesses to our state, escorts Hollywood to our film locations, and shows our cities and towns to market themselves to attract new business.
SANTA FE— Economic Development Department Secretary Rick Homans announced that Santa Fe County has been awarded Certified Community status.
The community will receive funding up to $5,000 per year for two years for special projects and technical assistance in undertaking their economic development efforts.
www.edd.state.nm.us   (486 words)

  
 ENMU-R Economic Development Administration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The program provides funding to colleges and universities throughout the country to assist local communities with various economic development projects.
In March 2000, Domenici was informed that the U.S. Economic Development Administration was looking for a new community in which to locate its University Centers Program, which was previously housed at the University of New Mexico.
Grants and cooperative agreements awarded under the University Centers Program help colleges and universities in using their own and other resources to address the economic development problems and opportunities for their service areas.
www.roswell.enmu.edu /partnerships/eda.shtml   (409 words)

  
 Economic Development - HUD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
If you're interested in applying for HUD's economic development programs, watch our funds available page.
HUD wants to strengthen communities, and economic development is an important part of that effort.
Economic development is all about creating and retaining jobs in our Nation's communities.
www.hud.gov /economicdevelopment/index.cfm   (131 words)

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