The new microenterprise curriculum aims to strengthen the technical skills of microlending organizations in Maine and throughout New England.

A recap of the June 15, 1998 conference sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Rural LISC, and others, to better understand the economic development challenges facing rural New England.

Few now doubt that successfully managing environmental challenges will be central to public policy in the coming century. Unless the international community can cope with transnational problems such as global warming, destruction of species and tropical rain-forests, depletion of oceanic fish...

Literature concerning patterns of psychotropic prescribing and its causes is discussed before focusing on the relationship between geographical location and psychotropic drug prescribing. The association between tranquilliser prescribing and urban-rural location is investigated using data from...

The recent accounting scandals in the USA and the resulting regulation of the US profession via the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have led to the resurrection of an old debate: principles vs. rules. We argue that such a debate is jejune and serves as little more than a diversion from discussing more...