Economics

Case of Missing Shoe-Import Option: 1977 Footwear Import Decision

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This description by Washington Post columnist David Broder, chosen to be paired with The 1976 Footwear Import Decision case, describes the decision-making process of the Carter Administration as related to the same issue described in the...

Targeted Jobs Tax Credit

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case describes the 1994 debate over whether to extend the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit, a provision of the U.S. tax code designed to provide an incentive for employers to hire "disadvantaged" workers. It invites discussion of both the issue...

Buenos Aires-Colonia Bridge: The Project

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case recounts the work of a special Argentina-Uruguay bi-national commission convened to examine the economics of a proposed bridge that would link the two countries. The bridge being considered by commission officials in the spring of 1996...

Role of NGOs in Civil Society: South Africa & the Draft Bill Tempest

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The end of the apartheid government in South Africa signals myriad changes in that society -- including a basic examination of how government should regulate philanthropic and nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations. Such groups fell into two...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Regulatory Reform at OSHA (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration, created by Congress in 1970 to curtail what was viewed as a still-alarming level of industrial accidents, had, 20 years later, become a lightning rod for controversy. Its advocates...

Issues in Assessing the Impact of Social Investment: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In the early 1980s, The Ford Foundation, among other funders, help create a new type of organization designed to finance the renewal of older, inner city neighborhoods, both through housing renovation and other investments. The Local Initiatives...

Issues in Assessing the Impact of Social Investment: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In the early 1980s, The Ford Foundation, among other funders, help create a new type of organization designed to finance the renewal of older, inner city neighborhoods, both through housing renovation and other investments. The Local Initiatives...

Santiago's Sewage

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

Although 81 percent of Santiago, Chile's households are connected to sewers, the sewage is dumped untreated into local rivers that are in turn used to irrigate farmers' fields. These practices have caused serious health problems including...

The Paraguay-Parana Waterway

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay proposed in 1996 a US $85 million program of dredging and navigational aids to allow year-round barge operations on the upper reaches of the Paraguay-Parana river system. The...

Hidrocapital: The Caracas Water Company

Publication Date: January 01, 1996

The public water company serving Caracas, Hidrocapital, must ration water because demand far exceeds supply. A major part of the problem is that many customers are illegally connected or simply ignore their water bills.Learning Objective:The...