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Effective Best Practices For School Boards: Linking Local Governance With Student Academic Success, Christine Thurlow Brenner, Gary L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Dalton Jan 2002

Effective Best Practices For School Boards: Linking Local Governance With Student Academic Success, Christine Thurlow Brenner, Gary L. Sullivan, Elizabeth Dalton

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Pursuing Environmental Justice Through The Courts: An Overview Of The Process And Why It Has Failed, Julie Lynne Hershenberg Oct 2001

Pursuing Environmental Justice Through The Courts: An Overview Of The Process And Why It Has Failed, Julie Lynne Hershenberg

IPED Technical Reports

This project brought together two issues that dominate policy debates in the southwestern U.S. and especially along the United States – Mexico Border; namely, environmental justice, and legal liabilities associated with adverse environmental actions. Both are major implementation problems. In the southwest the issue becomes more problematic as the two-nations meet face-to-face, and the maquiladora industry continues to expand, creating new burdens on an already stressed environment as a result of industrial practices that have not always meet U.S. environmental standards.


Balance Of Payments In El Paso: Fiscal Federalism From 1995-2000, Christine Thurlow Brenner, Elizabeth Dalton, Dennis L. Soden Sep 2001

Balance Of Payments In El Paso: Fiscal Federalism From 1995-2000, Christine Thurlow Brenner, Elizabeth Dalton, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


The Hypothetical Even-Share Scenario, Dennis L. Soden Sep 2001

The Hypothetical Even-Share Scenario, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


El Paso County Hospital District R.E. Thomason General Hospital Revenue Base 1996-2000, Elizabeth Dalton Aug 2001

El Paso County Hospital District R.E. Thomason General Hospital Revenue Base 1996-2000, Elizabeth Dalton

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Educational Trends And Income In El Paso: A Longitudinal Perspective, Christine Thurlow Brenner Aug 2001

Educational Trends And Income In El Paso: A Longitudinal Perspective, Christine Thurlow Brenner

IPED Technical Reports

Education is clearly linked to income as numerous studies have shown. In El Paso, this link underscores what can only be called a crisis. As the region’s education level has declined over the past few decades, income has followed in a parallel fashion. This study strongly points out this linkage over the past 50 years, suggesting that a number of issues related to the education pipeline need to be addressed broadly across the community.


Policy Analysis And Economic Impact Study Of Smoke-Free Indoor Air Ordinances In The Paso Del Norte Region, Dennis L. Soden, Steve A. Johnson Jul 2001

Policy Analysis And Economic Impact Study Of Smoke-Free Indoor Air Ordinances In The Paso Del Norte Region, Dennis L. Soden, Steve A. Johnson

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Capital Access And Financial Services In El Paso, David A. Schauer, Dennis L. Soden May 2001

Capital Access And Financial Services In El Paso, David A. Schauer, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

This study was undertaken in the spring of 2000 by the Public Policy Research Center at the University of Texas at El Paso on behalf of the El Paso Leadership and Research Council. Using input from a variety of business and community leaders over a two month period, the study was designed with the following overall objective: to assess the El Paso small business sector’s access to capital (debt, equity, and human/information) and the role of commercial banks in this process. To accomplish these objectives this study looked at multiple aspects of the current banking and lending situation in El …


Capital Access In El Paso: A Multivariate Analysis Of Factors Influencing Loan Approval, David A. Schauer, Dennis L. Soden Feb 2001

Capital Access In El Paso: A Multivariate Analysis Of Factors Influencing Loan Approval, David A. Schauer, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

During the spring of 2000, The University of Texas at El Paso was commissioned by the El Paso Leadership and Research Council to explore a broad set of issues surrounding supply and demand factors with respect to commercial banks, small business firms and debt financing. The study revealed among other things that small, relatively young and minority owned firms experience high loan denial rates compared to their counterparts. The present study has the purpose of providing a more comprehensive statistical analysis concerning the factors which influence or predict loan approval probabilities.


The Economic Feasibility Of A Car Wash, Steve A. Johnson Jan 2001

The Economic Feasibility Of A Car Wash, Steve A. Johnson

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Nafta Transportation: The Impacts Of Southern Border Trucking On The Texas Highway System, Barry L. Sullivan, Dennis L. Soden, Janet S. Conary Jan 2000

Nafta Transportation: The Impacts Of Southern Border Trucking On The Texas Highway System, Barry L. Sullivan, Dennis L. Soden, Janet S. Conary

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Public Environmental Information In The Texas-Mexico Border: Analysis, Issues And Directions For The Future, Dennis L. Soden, Janet S. Conary Jan 2000

Public Environmental Information In The Texas-Mexico Border: Analysis, Issues And Directions For The Future, Dennis L. Soden, Janet S. Conary

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


El Paso Community Legislative Agenda: Community Questionnaire Results, Christine Thurlow Brenner Jan 2000

El Paso Community Legislative Agenda: Community Questionnaire Results, Christine Thurlow Brenner

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Livable Communities And Citizen Perceptions: A Report To The Las Vegas Environmental Monitoring For Public Access And Community Tracking (Empact) Program, Dennis L. Soden, Fred Cady Jun 1999

Livable Communities And Citizen Perceptions: A Report To The Las Vegas Environmental Monitoring For Public Access And Community Tracking (Empact) Program, Dennis L. Soden, Fred Cady

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


City Of El Paso Bond Initiative Citizen Support Survey Pilot Study, Dennis L. Soden Mar 1999

City Of El Paso Bond Initiative Citizen Support Survey Pilot Study, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


The Delphi Decision: A Case Study, Dennis L. Soden, Fred Cady, Rogelio Carassco, Mathew Mcelroy, Lorena Orozco Jan 1999

The Delphi Decision: A Case Study, Dennis L. Soden, Fred Cady, Rogelio Carassco, Mathew Mcelroy, Lorena Orozco

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Public Policy Research Center Publication And Technical Report Specifications With Grant Proposal Writing Timetable, Janet S. Conary, Dennis L. Soden Jan 1998

Public Policy Research Center Publication And Technical Report Specifications With Grant Proposal Writing Timetable, Janet S. Conary, Dennis L. Soden

IPED Technical Reports

No abstract provided.