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¹AUTHOR'S NOTE: A quite different version of this article was originally prepared as a speech for the 1993 Annual Workshop of the Research Division of the National Association of State Development Agencies, June 9, 1993. I appreciate Jeff Blodgett's invitation to speak at the workshop and the comments of workshop participants, which led to extensive revisions to this article. I also appreciate the comments of George Erickcek on a preliminary version of this article.

2a:T40d,Timothy J. Bartik is a senior economist at the W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, a nonprofit research organization. His research is focused on regional economic development and local labor markets. His book on the distributional effects of economic development programs, Who Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies?, was published in 1991.

Better Evaluation Is Needed for Economic Development Programs to Thrive

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