Taking stock of changes in giving to charity.
Over the course of a remarkably short period of time, a number of significant changes have taken place in the way donors can and do make gifts to charities in Canada. Such changes include changes in tax laws and even changes in stock exchange rules. While tax...

A preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of the Alabama Enterprise Zone program, 1986-2001.
ABSTRACT This study explores the effectiveness of the design, implementation, and economic impact of the state enterprise zone (EZ) program in Alabama during the 1986-2001 period by using data provided by Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA), surveys, and interviews with zone coordinators and participating...

Municipal finance and the pattern of urban growth. (The Urban Papers).
Cities across Canada are facing increasing and cross-cutting pressures as a result of rapid population growth. On the one hand, they need to accommodate the increased population by providing hard services, such as water, sewers, and roads, and soft services such as day care and policing, all of which...

Faith-based fracas: Lieberman hails compromise with Bush as the Lord's work, but critics still won't say amen.
For Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), a compromise "faith-based" proposal he has negotiated with President George W. Bush is as much about theology as politics. "I remember when we stood together last year over in Anacostia on the day you announced your desire to have this faith-based initiative,...

Enterprise zones, firm attraction and retention: a study of the California enterprise zone program.
Abstract In the following paper the impact on the number of firms is estimated for the California Enterprise Zone Program from 1987 to 1991, the years of operation for the first series of enterprise zones in the state. Data for the estimates for the change in the...

Clean jobs to save the climate. (Climate Solutions).
The "clean energy" industry is expected to average $180 billion in sales annually over the next 20 years -- twice the revenue of commercial aircraft manufacturing. The industry (conservatively projected to represent a $3.5 trillion market over the next 20 years) provides the world with windturbines, solar panels, biomass...

Bush to states: drop dead: the economic crisis trickles down. (Of Several Minds).
The Pacific Northwest is known for Microsoft, Intel, lattes, breathtaking natural beauty, alternative music, rain, stock-option millionaires, and the Seattle Mariners' star outfielder, Ichiro Suzuki. Americans do not associate this forward-looking, entrepreneurial region with economic distress. So it comes as a surprise to discover that among the...

Bush, Lieberman and the faith-based fight: stumbling into round two.
Like a villain in a bad horror movie, President George W. Bush's beleaguered "faith-based initiative" refuses to go away. Every time it looks like the plan has finally succumbed to the criticism of its many opponents, it comes back. In February, the president joined with Sen. Joseph...

Bush calls for passage of new `faith-based' compromise plan. (People & Events).
A dramatically watered-down version of President George W. Bush's "faith-based" initiative is picking up steam in the Senate and may pass this spring. Discussing welfare reform at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, Bush endorsed the Charity, Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act of...

MALAYSIANS ARE SPENDING AGAIN.
Malaysian consumer confidence improved during 2002 as unemployment declined and purchasing power improved. The combination of attractive lending rates, low inflation (about 2 percent), and currency stability has set the stage for increasing household expenditure during the first half of 2003. Retail sales picked up during the...