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Economic Development: Observations Regarding the Economic Development Administration's May 1998 Final Report on Its Public Works Program

RCED-99-11R Published: Mar 23, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 23, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Economic Development Administration's (EDA) May 1998 report on its public works program, which created jobs in economically distressed communities, focusing on whether: (1) the report's results would be similar if additional variables that directly took into account the prior level of a county's employment or population were included in the analyses; (2) the report's job creation estimates include only new jobs or jobs relocated from another area; and (3) other technical issues might affect the reliability of the cost estimates presented.

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Community developmentCost analysisEconomic developmentEconomically depressed areasEmployment assistance programsFederal aid to localitiesGrants to local governmentsLabor statisticsPublic worksStatistical methods