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Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Joan; Meyer, Peter B. – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1986
Drawing on Kaufman's distinction between development in the community and development of the community, this paper discusses the constraints on local economic development associated with increased concentration of capital. The likelihood of successfully employing "import substitution" and other localization strategies without confronting issues of…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Climate, Economic Development
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, Joan – Urban Education, 1999
Presents findings from an evaluation of an entrepreneurship and community economic-development initiative in three Chicago (Illinois) public high schools. Two schools were quite satisfied with the program's implementation, but it was difficult to document improvements in student outcomes. Discusses difficulties in evaluating this type of project.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Evaluation Problems, High School Students
