Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Agenda 21 Implementation: Progress, Challenges, and the Role of Geographic Data -- 3 Geographic Information Activities in Africa -- 4 Facilitating the Use of Geographic Data: Spatial Data and...

Cover -- Front Matter -- Contents -- I PREFACE -- Preface -- II INTRODUCTION -- Introduction -- III RECOMMENDATIONS AND FINDINGS -- Evaluation of the Fast Track Initiative for the Department of Defense SBIR Program Summary of Findings -- IV PAPERS -- Fast Track: Is It Speeding Commercialization...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Manufacturing Supply Chains -- 3 Supply Chain Integration -- 4 Integration Process -- Capabilities of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Enterprises 5 -- 6 Quality, Cost,...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Nuclear Cities Initiative: Interests of the Program -- Analysis of the Results of the Targeted Program for Promoting Employment for the Population of Minatom Closed Administrative-Territorial Zones for 1998-2000 -- Technobusiness in Russia's Atomic Cities...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Transportation Safety Indicators -- 3 Mobility Indicators -- 4 Transportation Indicators of Economic Growth -- 5 General Discussion -- Appendix A American Time-Use Survey -- Appendix B Workshop Agenda and Participants.

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The National Income and Product Accounts: History and Application to the Environment -- 3 Accounting for Subsoil Mineral Resources -- 4 Accounting for Renewable and Environmental Resources -- 5 Overall...

Cover -- Front Matter -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Accuracy of Past Projections -- 3 Transitional Fertility -- 4 Posttransition Fertility -- 5 Mortality -- 6 International Migration -- 7 The Uncertainty of Population Forecasts --...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Importance of Time-Use Data -- 3 Conceptual Issues -- 4 The Current State of Data on Time Use -- 5 Survey Design Issues -- 6 The Proposed BLS Time-Use Survey -- 7 Summary -- References -- APPENDIX A Workshop Agenda --...

Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Overview -- 2 Informed Public Economic Policy -- 3 The Lessons of History -- 4 Current Issues and Problems -- 5 Evaluation as a Framework for Management -- 6 Administration of Research, Information, and Policy Analysis -- 7...

Front Matter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Selected Navy Initiatives -- 3 A Strategy for Managing the Infrastructure -- 4 The Need for Top Leadership to Drive Change Across the Entire Navy System -- A Admiral...