Economic development policy in the 1990s—are state economic development agencies ready?
This article will examine how state economic development programs—especially those in the Seventh District—are responding to fiscal pressures and to the current wisdom concerning economic development in the 1990s. The article concludes with a critical look at what may be missing from some of these new strategies and how formal evaluation of development programs may provide the key to understanding the value of current and future development efforts.
