Latest Economic development Stories
The number of ophthalmologists in practice and training worldwide: A growing gap despite more than 200,000 practitioners Despite more than 200 000 eye doctors in practice around the globe, capacity is not keeping pace with the growing demands of ageing populations and the current needs of developing countries, finds research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The authors base their findings on an International Council of Ophthalmology survey sent to 213 specialist...
Developing nations experiencing economic and social growth might also see growing waistlines among their poorest citizens, according to a new study from Rice University and the University of Colorado. The researchers found that while growth of developing countries may improve conditions such as malnutrition and infectious disease, it may increase obesity among people with lower socio-economic status. "It's a troubling finding," said Rice sociology professor Justin Denney, who...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Forty years ago today the MIT Limits to Growth study was first publicly presented. To honor this prophetic work, the non-profit GrowthBusters project is launching a campaign to raise awareness that human population and industrial economies have outgrown the planet. "Think small: Don't just change a light bulb, change your life, change the system." The campaign, led by Dave Gardner, the filmmaker behind the recent documentary,...
SAN FRANCISCO, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced today that it has asked state regulators for the right to offer a competitive electric rate to attract large employers to California and convince other large employers already in the state to maintain or expand their operations rather than leave. "Affordable, reliable power is more important than ever as an enabler of business and employment development in our state," said Tom...
DALLAS, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ryan, a leading global tax services firm with the largest indirect tax practice in North America, today announced that Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst appointed Ryan CEO and Managing Principal G. Brint Ryan to the Select Committee on Economic Development ("Committee"). (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110726/DA41187LOGO) The purpose of the Committee is to recommend a state economic development policy to the Texas...
Sharing the top solutions for creating jobs and economic prosperity in America's cities BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), a national non-profit research and strategy organization and the leading authority on inner city economies, announced today the launch of a campaign to aggregate successful urban economic and business development practices. The need to create economic opportunity in America's cities is...
PHOENIX, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- U.S. business journalists - who report daily on the economy in their communities - say they expect their local economic conditions, including the number of jobs available, to improve in the next six months, according to a new survey commissioned by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120130/DC44180LOGO) The Reynolds Center survey is an effort to see if business...
CHICAGO, Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association to Invest In the USA (IIUSA), the trade association for the EB-5 Regional Center Investment Pilot Program, today celebrates a new historic high in Program utilization for the first quarter of FY2012. US Citizenship and Immigration Services recently reported 2,364 EB-5 visas issued in the first three months of the current federal fiscal year (1). This equates to at least 10,000 new jobs for American workers. At this pace, the...
In Bangladesh, the development organization's Water, Sanitation and Hygiene program gives millions of the rural poor a fresh start with latrines at prices fair to buyers and sellers alike (PRWEB) February 01, 2012 Rushada Shahad doesn’t run your typical home improvement showroom. You’ll find no stainless steel fixtures and chrome faucets in her backyard in the Bhaluka subdistrict of rural Bangladesh, where she runs a business selling latrine slabs and pillars. But what this...
Success Thwarted by State-Local Disconnect Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of Maryland study based on interviews with a representative group of stakeholders. "Just about everyone feels squeezed between a rock and a hard place - wanting development where state laws intend to promote growth, but often seeing it thwarted by both...
