Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT Librarieshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNT/browse/?fq=untl_decade:1990-1999&fq=str_degree_department:School+of+Community+Service&fq=str_degree_discipline:Applied+Economics2007-09-20T20:49:09-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Partner: UNT LibrariesMercado de Fort Worth: Issues and Opportunities2007-09-20T20:49:09-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2232/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2232/"><img alt="Mercado de Fort Worth: Issues and Opportunities" title="Mercado de Fort Worth: Issues and Opportunities" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2232/small/"/></a></p><p>The Mercado de Fort Worth is a commercial area located between downtown Fort Worth and the "stockyards" entertainment district in a Hispanic neighborhood. Many of the buildings are vacant and in need of renovation. To promote area development, the City of Fort Worth has encouraged property owners to create a market area of Mexican-theme restaurants and shops. Property owners have expressed concern about potential returns on renovation investments. This study provides property owners with information regarding several similar projects across the country.
The report finds that basic economic and site location principles are the main determinants of project success. The report also reviews local business training and assistance resources. Finally, the report provides information regarding "historic" building designations and associated tax incentives available to property owners</p>A Comparison of Economic Development in Latin America, Middle Eastern Europe and Asia in the 1990s2007-09-20T13:46:13-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2181/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2181/"><img alt="A Comparison of Economic Development in Latin America, Middle Eastern Europe and Asia in the 1990s" title="A Comparison of Economic Development in Latin America, Middle Eastern Europe and Asia in the 1990s" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2181/small/"/></a></p><p>The 1990s were characterized by severe turbulence in the global economy. Economic and financial crises occurred in Latin America, Middle and Eastern Europe and Asia. This analysis distinguishes between the two socioeconomic criteria "transitional" and "emerging" region. Transitional countries are former centrally planned socialist economies and emerging countries former agricultural-oriented classical developing economies with mostly a history of military or some other kind of autocratic dictatorship. The resources for the analysis are data sets regarding investment, exchange rate behavior, government finance, international liabilities of monetary authorities and inflation. The study reveals macroeconomic patterns associated with economic development in each socioeconomic region. It is shown that similar patterns are responsible for successful and non-successful performance in each region. A comparison of different regions shows many parallels between emerging economies, but only little similarity between transitional economies.</p>