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(2015-07-01)
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(University of Oregon, 2013-10)Lane County Economic Development is reviewing its practices related to business incentives. This report presents research on the purpose of business incentives, what kinds of business incentives are common practice for ...
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(University of Oregon, 2015-05)This report presents a “community readiness assessment” of Coos County for development of Ocean Renewable Energy. A community readiness assessment for economic development evaluates a community’s readiness on different ...
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(University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2003-01-01)Distortions in private investment due to credit frictions, and in public investment due to corruption and bureaucratic inefficiencies, have both been suggested as important factors in accounting for the cross-country per ...
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(2015-03-16)
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(2010-12)This report is an analysis of Douglas County’s current economic development efforts. The project includes the following elements: (1) an inventory and evaluation of economic plans in Douglas County; (2) a list of ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2016)The purpose of this paper is to examine the business assistance and economic development activities that community-based organizations (CBOs) undertake in rural public lands contexts in the U.S. West. We conducted three ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires disrupt the lives of families, workers, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Understanding the impacts of large fires can help fire managers, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires disrupt the lives of families, workers, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Unlike with other natural hazards, there has been little research ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Forest and watershed restoration work is closely tied to the history and identity of Oregon’s South Coast, which has long relied on its woods and waters for forestry, fishing, agriculture, and sustenance. Declines in ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2011)Oregon’s South Coast communities have long relied on their forests and watersheds for forestry, fishing, agriculture, and sustenance. Over the past 20 years, logging and fishing activity has declined. The Northwest Forest ...
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(University of Oregon, 2017-12)Tourism has become an important livelihood option for many aboriginal communities around the world, as it not only provides an opportunity for economic development, but also cultural survival. More recently, many indigenous ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires have lasting socioeconomic effects on communities located near the fires. Wildfires can unite and divide communities over fire management and recovery, and magnify or create inequities. . . . The purpose ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires can have diverse socioeconomic impacts on nearby communities. Fires may have negative economic impacts on some sectors, but fire suppression efforts may positively affect employment and wages during the ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012)To promote economic recovery and create jobs, Oregon has developed a collaborative approach to economic development and turned its attention to stimulating the growth of competitive industry (Porterian) clusters. The ...
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(University of Oregon, Dept. of Economics, 2002-01-26)Conventional wisdom attributes the severity of mortality in poorer countries to widespread poverty and inadequate living conditions. This paper considers the possibility that persistent poverty may arise, in turn, from a ...
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(2012-08-20)
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Exploring the Impact of Neoliberal Economic Development on Poverty in Costa Rica: What Went Wrong? (2006-05)Neoliberal economic development has in many ways hindered poverty reduction in Latin America. Costa Rica is a prime example of this. As one of the least poor countries in the region, Costa Rica might be seen as evidence ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)This study considers how the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and Rural Development Business and Cooperative Service (RDBCS) invested in Oregon between 2007–11. The Forest Service is a land ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Natural resource-based economic development in public lands communities requires robust businesses, a supportive policy environment, and institutions to create local benefits from land management. The United States ...
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