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Raniga, Tanusha – Research on Social Work Practice, 2017
Purpose: Nation states in both the Global North and South have debated the human rights and liberatory function as opposed to the dependency and economically viable function of social protection policy. This article is an attempt to advance empirical knowledge in the field of social protection policy and poverty alleviation. Method: Using…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Cooperatives, Females, Foreign Countries
Miller-Adams, Michelle; Hershbein, Brad J.; Bartik, Timothy J.; Timmeney, Bridget; Meyers, Amy; Adams, Lee – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2019
In 2018, the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research launched a major research initiative into place-based strategies for local prosperity. Place-based strategies are nothing new. For decades, cities, regions, and states have sought to increase the number of jobs available to residents, expand their tax base, and promote amenities and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Job Development, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Lebeau, Yann; Bennion, Alice – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
The paper explores two universities' strategies of impact and engagement and their perceptions by local economic and policy stakeholders in a post-industrial city of Scotland. The concept of structural embeddedness is used to unpack the logics and repertoires of action of local universities and to relate discourses and actions to the nature and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, College Role, School Community Relationship
Lane, Jason E., Ed.; Johnstone, D. Bruce, Ed. – SUNY Press, 2012
Local, state, and national economies are facing unprecedented levels of international competition. The current fiscal crisis has hampered the ability of many governments in the developed world to directly facilitate economic growth. At the same time, many governments in the developing world are investing significant new resources into local…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Innovation, Industry, Universities
Uduku, Ola – International Journal of Educational Development, 2011
This article investigates how school building design can support primary school feeding programmes in low- and middle-income countries. Furthermore it argues for schools to become community "development hubs"; incorporating both local access to education and also to programmes for nutrition, ICT, health education and other services,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Development, Educational Facilities Design, Building Design
Fluharty, Charles; Scaggs, Bill – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
Rural communities have fewer financial resources, making the community colleges located in these regions central to economic development. This chapter reviews the importance of recognizing the rural differential via policy changes and offers strategies to close the resource gap between rural and nonrural community colleges.
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Economic Development, Community Development, Community Colleges
Stokes, Helen; Stacey, Kathleen; Lake, Murray – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This document was produced by the author(s) based on their research for the report "Schools, Vocational Education and Training, and Partnerships: Capacity-Building in Rural and Regional Communities," (ED495181) and is an added resource for further information. The contents of this support document include: (1) Introduction; (2) Capacity…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Community Development, Rural Education, Partnerships in Education

Zekeri, Andrew A. – Journal of Rural Studies, 1994
Analysis of survey data from 539 community leaders in 120 rural Pennsylvania school districts found that, when the effects of need and socioeconomic and ecological characteristics were controlled, past community action and community solidarity had significant effects on adoption of various local economic development strategies. (TD)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Economic Development, Policy Analysis
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2008
The Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship (TELS) program was designed to meet the unique needs of the state of Tennessee by incorporating the hallmark elements of existing merit-based aid programs in other states. Developed through a process involving elected officials and members of the academic community, the TELS program aims to address the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Colleges, Family Income, Academic Persistence
Pryde, Paul, Jr. – 1998
Critical to the success of current efforts to reform and restructure education and other community supports and services to improve the lives of children and their families is the way in which they are financed. This report of The Finance Project focuses on ways of using tax policies to help build strong local communities that can support families…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Planning, Economic Development, Financial Support
Garkovich, Lorraine – 1989
This speech examines how people perceive relationships among families, communities, and governments, and how these perceptions influence current family and community policies and programs. It also suggests new ways of understanding the nature of the social world and offers examples of policies and programs that stem from traditional beliefs and…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Community Programs
Bryden, John M. – 2000
There was a notable transition in the nature, content, and administration of rural policies in many developed nations in the 1980s and 1990s. These changes concerned issues of governance and institutional framework, the definition of "development," and policy goals and content. A key question, however, concerns the extent to which shifts…
Descriptors: Community Development, Decentralization, Developed Nations, Economic Development
Center for Law and Education, Boston, MA. – 1981
The 22 items included in a packet distributed to participants at a 1981 conference on education and the economy are listed in this annotated bibliography, with sources for the items identified. The materials include articles, chapters from books, and monographs, as well as a resource guide and bibliography concerning rural economic and community…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Development, Economic Change, Economic Development
Mackenzie, Liz – 1993
Seventeen people from various parts of South Africa gathered at the Workshop for Gender Trainers to enhance their training and to focus on the gender and development approach. Sessions 1-2 on the second day dealt with gender training nightmares. During session 3, participants discussed what could have been done either to avoid the problems that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Community Development, Consciousness Raising
North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Ames, IA. – 1998
A combined report of the four Regional Rural Development Centers (RRDCs) and their partners focuses on selected outreach and research activities, projects, and accomplishments in fiscal year 1997. The report is organized around five topics identified as key issues for the mid 1990s: (1) improving economic competitiveness, diversity, and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Natural Resources