Author: Kathryn G. Allen
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: federal, healthcare, funding, affect, factors, areas, multiple, insular
Number of Pages: 70
Published: 2006-03-01
ISBN-10: 1422304590
ISBN-13: 9781422304594

Five insular areas of the U.S. -- Amer. Samoa, the Common. of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, & the U.S. Virgin Islands -- benefit from fed. health care financing & grant programs that help fund health care services to their over 4 million residents. However, notable diff. exist in how the programs are funded or operate in the insular areas, such as statutory limits on fed. Medicaid funding to the insular areas that do not apply in the states. To help understand these diff., this report identifies: the key sources of fed. health care funding in the insular areas; diff. between

Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: among, agencies, needed, coordination, strategy, areas, development, insular
Number of Pages: 34
Published:
ISBN-10: 0788140787
ISBN-13: 9780788140785

The U.S. has supported programs to enhance the economic development of the U.S. insular areas & the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands for many years. These areas include: Amer. Samoa, the Northern Marianas, Guam, Palau & the Virgin Islands. This report reviews the extent to which the Fed. gov't. has developed goals & strategies for its assistance, & mechanisms to ensure coordination amount the various Fed. agencies that provide assistance to the areas. U.S. direct Fed. expenditures in the insular areas totaled about $1.5 billion in FY 1992. Tables.

Author: David Dyssegaard Kallick
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: largest, metro, areas, five, east, focus, country, economy, contributions, immigrant, workers, immigrants
Number of Pages: 52
Published: 2010-08
ISBN-10: 1437926622
ISBN-13: 9781437926620

Examines the economic role of immigrants in the 25 largest metro areas in the U.S. The results are clear: immigrants contribute to the economy in direct relation to their share of the population. The economy of metro areas grows in tandem with the immigrant share of the labor force. And, immigrants work across the occupational spectrum, from high-paying professional jobs to low-wage service employment. In the 25 largest metro areas combined, immigrants make up 20% of the population and are responsible for 20% of economic output. Together, these metro areas comprise 42% of the total population

Author: Richard Reeder
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: development, assistance, rural, delivery, targeting, issues, geographic
Number of Pages: 33
Published: 2010-09
ISBN-10: 1437933025
ISBN-13: 9781437933024

Discuss potential tradeoffs for distressed rural areas when shifting from one form of rural development assist. to another, particularly when shifting to greater use of gov¿t.-guaranteed loans. The study also uses correlation analysis to document the extent of targeting rural development programs to highly rural areas and to rural areas experiencing distress in the form of poverty, low employ., and population decline. Findings indicate that distressed rural areas might fare worse than other non-metro areas with some kinds of shifts, such as reducing grants and direct gov¿t. loans to fund inc

Author: Cohen, P., Valemei, A.D. and H. Govan
Publisher: The WorldFish Center
Keywords: areas, protected, pacific, island, countries, marine, impacts, bibliography, socio, economic, ecological, annotated
Number of Pages: 42
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 9832346673
ISBN-13: 9789832346678

The bibliography is to highlight impacts on fisheries and livelihoods attributed to coral reef marine protected areas in Pacific Island countries and territories. Included in this collection is literature that reports various forms of reef area management practiced in Pacific Island countries: reserves, sanctuaries, permanent or temporary closed areas, community and traditional managed areas.

Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: glance, america, rural
Number of Pages: 6
Published: 2011-01
ISBN-10: 1437938728
ISBN-13: 9781437938722

This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This report highlights the most recent indicators of social and economic conditions in rural areas for use in developing policies and programs to assist rural areas. The 2008 edition focuses on employment, poverty, population change, and demographic characteristics of non-metro areas. Charts and tables.

Author: Gene L. Dodaro
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Keywords: update, series, risk
Number of Pages: 99
Published: 2009-12
ISBN-10: 1437913032
ISBN-13: 9781437913033

The fed. govżt. is the world's largest and most complex entity, with about $3 trillion in outlays in FY 2008. Reports on high-risk areas bring focus to areas needing attention due to their greater vulnerabilities to fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement. These reports also identify areas needing transformation to address major economy, efficiency, or effectiveness challenges. This 2009 update presents the status of high-risk areas listed in 2007 and identifies new high-risk areas. Solutions to high-risk problems offer the potential to save billions of dollars, dramatically improve service to