This article describes the results of RAND's evaluation of the San Francisco-based Center for Dignity, Recovery, and Empowerment's technical assistance program for stigma-reduction programs through interviews with community-partner participants.

Scientific and Technical Information Branch 1980 FOREWORD This document, prepared in two volumes, presents the results of two laser studies performed as part of a Satellite Power System (SPS) study (NAS8-32475, for NASA/MSFC) during the period October 19 through June 1980. Both studies were performed The first study, Laser Environmental Impact (Subcontract M9M8BNB-896662D), is presented in Volu...

The Massachusetts Office of Technical Assistance and Technology (OTA) is offering the Right from the Start program to provide Massachusetts businesses with the technical and regulatory support needed to maximize environmental and economic performance. It is especially designed to encourage businesses seeking permits for expansion or start up of new manufacturing operations to consider pollution...

1 Institute of Ecology and Conservation Biology, University of Vienna, Althanstraße 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. [email protected] 2 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria. [email protected] 3 Survey Office Schmid, Kreilplatz 1/2, A-1190 Vienna, Austria. [email protected] 4 Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Technical University Vienna, Ka...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS : 2 We acknowledge with thanks the technical support and assistance of the following people and Organizations in the preparation for the seminar: Ms. Virginnia Kallianes and Dr. Nahid Toubia were particularly helpful in the Population Council in technical matters and in making suggestions on the format of the Meeting. We are also grateful to Professor Lawrence Adeokun f or play...

Aid (ODA, Official Development Assistance) statistics are routinely produced by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the OECD on the basis of data provided by bilateral donor agencies and using definitions and guidelines that represent a broad donor consensus. The use of new aid instruments, such as debt relief, has led to several changes and additions to DAC procedures over the years,...