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Community Development: The Federal Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community Program

T-RCED-98-27 Published: Oct 28, 1997. Publicly Released: Oct 28, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Empowerment Zone and Enterprise Community (EZ/EC) program, focusing on: (1) the status of the program's implementation in the six urban empowerment zones, which are located along the east coast and in the mid-west regions of the United States; (2) the factors that program participants believe have either helped or hindered efforts to carry out the program; and (3) the plans for evaluating the program.

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Block grantsCommunity development programsEconomically depressed areasstate relationsProgram evaluationProgram managementStrategic planningUrban economic developmentEconomic developmentStrategic plan