Fostering the arts and culture sector has played a vital role in state economic development, according to this report.Fostering the arts and culture sector has played a vital role in state economic development, according to a new report from the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center). Arts and culture-related industries, collectively known...

Women in Business Development Inc. (WIBDI) is a Samoa-based not profit development organisation established to address the issues of cash poverty and reliance on remittances in rural Samoa, by finding opportunities for families to earn an income where they live.

This paper assembles some evidence on developments in investment by incumbent and alternative telecommunications operators during the period 2000-2005. The quality of data on investment is not in general sufficient to clearly differentiate between investment by new entrants and investment by incumbents. Definitional problems also exist in that the players in communication markets are no...

La Trobe University is a major provider of higher education services in Victoria. Commencing in 1967 with 552 students, the University has grown to now accommodate more than 26,000 students including approximately 3,500 international students from over 90 countries. In addition to approximately 15,000 students at the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus, the University is also characterised...

A significant barrier to the establishment of any small business anywhere is the inability to access suitable finance. As a small business advisory centre, the Samoan Small Business Enterprise Centre (SBEC) is unique in having addressed this problem through its partnership with the local commercial banks, its guarantee scheme and supportive business advisory services. The...