Digest for 95-08-17
Table of Contents
WHAT'S NEW . . .
#01-17 August 95 "New Media for a New World" Conference
#02-17 August 95 LVALUE Art Gallery =20
#03-17 August 95 Igor Pavlovsky's Russian and Home Pages
#04-17 August 95 List of Higher Education Institutions
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#05-17 August 95 Nine New BISNIS Documents =20
#06-17 August 95 ISBC is now FREE=20
#07-17 August 95 New Document by Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms
RECENT EMAIL . . .
#01-17 August 95 Sender: "Y VERSHININ" ( Y.Vershinin@bradford.ac.uk )
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#02-17 August 95 Sender: MikeLuckyC@aol.com=20
Subject: E-mail to Rostov Veliky Russia =20
#03-17 August 95 Sender: liddy@sunrise.srl.rmit.EDU.AU (Liddy Nevile)
Subject: Re: travel in next summer =20
#04-17 August 95 Sender: JPLAKS@aol.com
Subject: Apartment =20
#05-17 August 95 Sender: "Paul W. Box" ( sanduku@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu )
Subject: email address in Vladivostok or Nakhodka =20
#06-17 August 95 Sender: citizenc@iadfw.net (Chuck Schott)
Subject: Cyrillic program =20
#07-17 August 95 Sender: Ilya Shlyakhter ( ilya_shl@MIT.EDU )
Subject: internet providers in Israel
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#08-17 August 95 Sender: AlexRazdol@aol.com
Subject: Introducing a new Virtual Art Gallery =20
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#09-17 August 95 Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ PLUS Presents: The definitive=20
SUCCINCT reference on Ukraine =20
#10-17 August 95 Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ PLUS Presents: CSIS and AUAC =20
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#11-17 August 95 Sender: Alexander Andreyev ( aoand@feast.fe.msk.ru )
Subject: =EC=C0=C4=C9 =C9=CE=D4=C5=D2=C5=D3=D5=C0=D4=D3=
=D1 web site on private security=20
industry =20
#12-17 August 95 Sender: nbaker@ionet.net (Nick Baker)
Subject: ISBC is now TOTALLY FREE =20
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#13-17 August 95 Sender: glasnews@eskimo.com (Alan Boyle)
Subject: New Media for a New World
#14-17 August 95 Sender: Rusty Fryer ( rusty1@ixc.ixc.net )
Subject: New AIDS Info/Support WWW-Telnet-Ftp-BBS
#15-17 August 95 Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell -=20
Univ. of Maine, USA)
Subject: Enterprise Development Discussion List
#16-17 August 95 Sender: Ilya Shlyakhter ( ilya_shl@MIT.EDU )
Subject: letter against anti-immigration bill
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APPENDIX: LISTSERV address & basic procedures
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WHAT'S NEW . . .
Please note that you can request any of these new resources via email by se=
nding
an email message to fp@solar.rtd.utk.edu. The content of the email message
should be:
send X
where X =3D the address of the requested resource. For example, to request=
the=20
"New Media for a New World 1995" WWW page (listed below), just send the mes=
sage
send http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~aboyle/new.world.html=20
to fp@solar.rtd.utk.edu
* "New Media for a New World 1995," an East-West conference on online medi=
a,
will be presented October 23-25 at the Russian-American Press and
Information Center in Moscow. This year's event will help Russian
journalists become more familiar with online tools for news gathering an=
d
publishing. Information about this conference can be obtained from our=
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Meetings and Conferences page (accessible through Funding) or from=20
Glasnews. Please see email message #06 below for more information. =20
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http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~aboyle/new.world.html =20
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* The new Internet LVALUE Art Gallery has artists who are of different=20
schools, ages and countries including several from the former Soviet=20
Union. Visit this link from our Art page and experience this powerful=
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work. =20
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http://www.lvalue.com/art/gallery.html
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* Igor Pavlovsky (an exchange student who will be at the University of=20
Michigan this year) has developed a wonderful page on Russia which=20
contains such subjects as history, information on several cities=20
(including his home of Omsk), art, information about the currency and=
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many other links. Visit this page from our More Information=20
Resources and take a look at his home page which is accessible from our=
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Life page.
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Russia Page: http://www.geom.umn.edu/~ipavlovs/Russia/russia.html
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Home Page: http://www.geom.umn.edu/~ipavlovs/
* We are building and maintaining a list of institutions of higher learnin=
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that offer Russia and Central/Eastern Europe related courses. If you kno=
w=20
of any others, please mail the information to Ellee Margileth at=20
emaill address: emargile@solar.rtd.utk.edu.
* We have added "U.S. Dollar Replacement, Forgery Impact Predicted" by
Pyotr Johannevich van de Waal-Palms. This document can be accessed=20
from our Economics page.
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http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/ppalms/us.dollar.replace.palm.html=20
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* We have added 9 new documents to our BISNIS section which is accessible
from our Economics page. They are:
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CHAIRMAN ZADORNOV SPEAKS TO AMCHAM ON TAXATION ISSUE
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
duma.taxation.html
JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LAUNCHES - NEW EAST EUROPEAN INVESTMENT=20
COMPANY- WITH EBRD AND COMMERZBANK
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
east.europe.food.fund.html
FOOD PROCESSING IN PENZA
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
food.penza.html
GUIDE TO RESTAURANTS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF TASHKENT
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
tashkent.restaurants.html
NIS Agribusiness Report - RUSAG-L Current Events #62
http:/friends/science/agriculture/rusag.950806.html
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RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL TIDBITS
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/ =20
commercial.tidbits.0895.html
IMI: THE EVOLVING FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,=
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PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S. MANUFACTURERS
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
food.dist.st.pete.html
UZBEKISTAN: MASTER OF ITS DESTINY
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
new.text.karimov.html
IMI: NEW EXHIBITION CENTER SEEKS TO PROMOTE U.S. FURNITURE AND OFFICE=
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SUPPLIES IN ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/friends/economics/nis.fis.bus.docs/
office.furniture.supplies.html
* The INTERNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS CONSORTIUM (ISBC) has the mission of=20
creating and providing an international infrastructure for small=20
businesses as the world moves towards a "borderless international econom=
y".=20
ISBC was formed so people with Internet (or at least e-mail) access coul=
d=20
use their expertise to provide a service to those businesses that do not
have Internet access. The ISBC now offers their services for free! Fin=
d=20
out more about this service from our Economics page. =20
(See message =20
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http://www.ionet.net/~nbaker/isbc.shtml
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1 year in Rostov Veliky, Russia 120 km NE of Moscow as an American Field
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there. Do you happen to know of any or how I might find a link to the high
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Sender: liddy@sunrise.srl.rmit.EDU.AU (Liddy Nevile)
Subject: Re: travel in next summer
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Please could someone help.
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I have a couple of friends who want to drive from East Siberia to West
Russia in summer. It is very difficult to find information about roads and
their suitability for such experienced off-road drivers. I would be very
pleased to make contact with anyone who can help.
The main sticking bit is between Blagoweschtschensk and Tschita (sometimes
this is written as Chita or Cita).
There is a route via North China but they are not allowed to go that way.
They know that there is not so much problem in winter, when the rivers
become roads.
But in summer, it is not so clear what to do. There appears to be a
road/track but they have too little info to take it, so far.
The cities they are expecting to find along the route they want to take are
as follows:
Blagoweschtschensk - Schimanowsit - Mogotscha - Schilma - Tschita
They know about the route (via China) which has such towns as Heine -
Zhalantum - Hailar - Manzhouli - Tschita but that is the one they are not
allowed to take.
I would be very pleased if anyone could help with even a bit of the
information. These people are learning Russian as fast as they can and
would love to meet people along the route as they travel. The trip will be
reported weekly in Australia on a national radio programme.
Thank you.
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Subject: Apartment
Hello Friends:
As of September 5, I will be living and studying in Moscow for a period of =
10
months. I have an IREX fellowship to conduct archival research for a
dissertation concerning nationalism in early 19th-century Russia.
I need help finding a single-bedroom apartment in Moscow. If fortune allows
me any preference in this matter, I would like to live near one of the
red-line metro stations, since I will working in a historical archive (GARF=
)
near Fruzenskaia station.
Please contact me directly if you can help me locate an apartment or give m=
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any useful advice on location or procedure.
Sincerely,
Jeff Plaks
jplaks@aol.com
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Sender: "Paul W. Box" ( sanduku@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu )
Subject: email address in Vladivostok or Nakhodka
Hello
I was wondering if anyone knows about email addresses in Vladivostok
or Nakhodka. I am specificically interested in contacting people in
the fishing cooperatives in Nakhodka.
If anyone has information on this, I would appreciate you sending it
to me at sanduku@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu
Thank you
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Sender: glasnews@eskimo.com (Alan Boyle)
Subject: New Media for a New World
"NEW MEDIA FOR A NEW WORLD"
Second conference on online media scheduled for October
"New Media for a New World 1995," an East-West conference on online media,
will be presented October 23-25 at the Russian-American Press and
Information Center in Moscow. This year's event will help Russian
journalists become more familiar with online tools for news gathering and
publishing.
Organizers of the conference include the Art Pattison Communications
Exchange Program, the Russian-American Press and Information Center, the
Center for Civil Society International, GlasNet and Relcom. Funding is
provided through the Russian-American Media Partnership program, jointly
administered by Internews and the Center for War, Peace and the News Media.
The seminar will offer hands-on training in the use of online tools such as
the World Wide Web and other Internet resources, as well as Lexis/Nexis and
other information databases. It will also examine online ventures such as
the St. Petersburg Press and TribNet/Vladivostok News, and explore future
commercial opportunities in the online news industry.
The first "New Media for a New World" conference took place in July 1994 in
Moscow, with the "virtual keynote" address given via e-mail by Vice
President Al Gore. Proceedings of that conference, as well as information
about this year's event, are available via the World Wide Web
(http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~aboyle/new.world.html).
In the United States, interested parties may contact the Art Pattison
Communications Exchange Program, 28411 218th Ave. S.E., Maple Valley, WA
98038. Phone: 206-432-8927, fax: 206-682-1697, e-mail: glasnews@eskimo.com
or 73420.753@compuserve.com.
In Russia, the contact is the Russian-American Press and Information
Center, 2/3 Khlebny Pereulok, Moscow. Postal address: P.O. Box 229, 2 Novy
Arbat, Moscow 121019 Russia. Phone: (7-095) 203-4403 or 203-5802, fax:
(7-095) 203-6831, e-mail: yevgenia@glas.apc.org or rapic@glas.apc.org.
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Alan Boyle -- glasnews@eskimo.com
Managing Editor, GlasNews -- Foreign Desk Editor, Seattle P-I
voice. 206-448-8035 fax. 206-448-8166
http://www.eskimo.com/~glasnews/home.html
"Round up the usual disclaimers"
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Sender: citizenc@iadfw.net (Chuck Schott)
Subject: Cyrillic program
Dear Friends,
For some time now I have been searching for a program which will display
Cyrillic on the Mosaic 2.0 Final Beta. In all instances I have failed to
find one that works. Could someone point me in the direction of a
suitable program?
Thanks in advance.
Chuck
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Sender: Ilya Shlyakhter ( ilya_shl@MIT.EDU )
Subject: internet providers in Israel
Does anyone know what is the cheapest way to connect to the Internet
from Jerusalem? Just email, no Web stuff needed.
Please reply directly to me, as I don't always read this
list: ilya_shl@mit.edu.
Thanks a lot!
P.S. I need the info before Tuesday, August 22.
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Sender: AlexRazdol@aol.com
Subject: Introducing a new Virtual Art Gallery
Dear friends:
Introducing new Internet LVALUE Art Gallery.=20
The artists, participating in this exhibition, are of different schools,
different age and different countries - from ex-USSR to Japan. One thing th=
ey
have in common - their art is sincere and powerful. That's why we, at Lvalu=
e,
Inc., are happy to give you an opportunity to see their works and hope you
will enjoy it.=20
Also coming soon: poster shop and Lvalue Literary Competition.
Alex Razdolski
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Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ PLUS Presents: The definitive SUCCINCT reference on=20
Ukraine
Greetings.
The Ukraine FAQ Plus Project has added basic information on
Ukraine, courtesy of UNA (Ukrainian National Information).
This can now be viewed in the "About Ukraine" section.
The address of the Ukraine FAQ
Plus Project is:
http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html
Either click the button labelled "About Ukraine" by the
Tryzub (Trident) graphic or scroll down and click the
"About Ukraine" section summary.
As always, please feel free to email us at faq@tryzub.com
with comments. We always are looking for contributions
as well.
Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj
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Sender: bohdan@tryzub.com (Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj)
Subject: Ukraine FAQ PLUS Presents: CSIS and AUAC
Greetings.
The Ukraine FAQ Plus Project has added information on two
important organizations. The first is the Center for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS) and the American-Ukrainian
Advisory Committee (AUAC). They can now be viewed in the
"Organizations" section. The address of the Ukraine FAQ
Plus Project is:
http://world.std.com/~sabre/UKRAINE.html
Either click the button labelled "Organizations" by the
Tryzub (Trident) graphic or scroll down and click the
"Organizations" section summary.
Thanks to Dick Murphy for providing this information.
As always, please feel free to email us at faq@tryzub.com
with comments. We always are looking for contributions
as well.
Regards,
Bohdan Peter Rekshynskyj =20
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Sender: Alexander Andreyev ( aoand@feast.fe.msk.ru )
Subject: web site on private security industry
We would be interested in seeing any information or links to such=20
regarding the Executive Protection and private security industry in=20
Russia. It is an industry related closely to the nature of our=20
company's operations.
Please visit our Home Page for further information:
http://emporium.turnpike.net/~IntlInt/index.html
Kindest regards,
Matthew Lehmann
Executive Director
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Sender: nbaker@ionet.net (Nick Baker)
SUBJECT: ISBC is now TOTALLY FREE
ISBC database matching membership, and search service are now TOTALLY FREE
and greatly simplified. We now have a HOME PAGE where we will post new inf=
o
and businesses and individuals may join and submit searches. As a result
ISBC is canceling its mailing list. So mark our Home Page.
http://www.ionet.net/~nbaker/isbc.shtml
Those who cannot access our home page can stil email to nbaker@ionet.net
for our new membership info.
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Sender: Rusty Fryer ( rusty1@ixc.ixc.net )
Subject: New AIDS Info/Support WWW-Telnet-Ftp-BBS
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D NEW AIDS WWW/TELNET/FTP..BBS =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D
The Computerized AIDS Ministries Network ( CAM! )
* Telnet: hwbbs.gbgm-umc.org
* FTP: hwbbs.gbgm-umc.org
* WWW: http://hwbbs.gbgm-umc.org
* WWW: http://198.139.157.121
dial in via modem 212/222-2135
Can jump to CAM's telnet or ftp from the WWW page.
(usually offline for maintanance around 2 a.m. eastern.)
CAM'S purpose is HIV/AIDS information, education and support. Different
forums serve these purposes. Persons who remain on CAM are expected to
participate in our purpose. A goal of CAM is to create a safe space for
its community of users to gain information and support.
CAM is a program of the Health and Welfare Ministries Program
Department, General Board of Global Ministries, of The United Methodist
Church and is based in New York City, USA.
You are welcome to use our bulletin board service (BBS) and internet
services if you want to learn more about how HIV/AIDS and do something
positive in response to this epidemic, which is affecting all of our
lives. You do not have to be a professional person employed in the HIV
field. You do not have to be ordained clergy. You do not have to be HIV
positive. You do not have to be United Methodist. A broad range of
persons with varied levels of information about HIV use our BBS.
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KEYWORDS FOR FINDING CAM:
HIV AIDS CAREGIVING HEALTH ILLNESS DEATH DYING GRIEF SPIRITUALITY
RELIGION METHODIST SICKNESS COMMUNITY CAM MISSION MINISTRY PASTORAL
COUNSELING "United Methodist" "Computerized Aids Ministeries"
"Health and Welfare Ministries" "General Board of Global Ministries"
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The SysOp of CAM and contact person for CAM's WWW site is
Rev. Dr. Nancy A Carter. She can be emailed at ncarter@gbgm-umc.org
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Sender: mac@MAINE.maine.edu (Dennis McConnell - Univ. of Maine, USA)
Subject: Enterprise Development Discussion List
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ENTER-L DISCUSSION LIST
Enterprise Development in Developing Countries
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A new discussion list, known as ENTER-L, may be of interest to
members of this list. The discussion group will focus on enter-
prise development in developing countries, with special attention
to micro and small enterprises. Provided below are several ob-
servations about the purpose of the list, provided by the list
manager.
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DEFINITIONS. How should we define an enterprise and what topology
should we use? should we make a strong distinction between micro
and small enterprises (MSEs) small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
and medium and large scale enterprises (MLEs) ? is the concept of
enterprise development synonymous to private sector development
and if so how do we define private sector? is it strictly in
opposition to what we define as the public sector?
THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT. How important is it? how can it be
improved? is it a prerequisite to any intervention for enterprise
development? What kind of policies should be developed ? should
we have different policies for different target groups?
FINANCE. This is often seen as a key component of any micro and
small enterprise development project but a lot remains to be
explored from the point of view of the development practitioner.
Guarantee Funds for instance, are they or are they not effective
in changing Commercial Banks attitude towards the financing of
micro and small enterprises? I have my doubts...
SUPPORTING SYSTEMS (technical advice, management training, etc.).
Most people agree that they are essential but what about cost
recovery and sustainability? can it be done? and how? The ex-
perience so far is mixed. Should the private sector pay for it
and what happens with the microenterprises which cannot afford
the extra expenses? should it be included upfront as part of the
credit costs? how effective are endowment funds?
TRAINING AND TRAINING OF TRAINERS. Essential again but it seems
that we are forever rediscovering the wheel. Couldn't it be
possible to find out what are the best training practices and
where they can be accessed?
EDUCATION AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT. What kind of interface?
what kind of policies? what is the impact of the distinction
between direct employment and self employment? What sort of
interface should be developed between technical education and
vocational training and enterprise development?
TECHNOLOGY. Everyone agrees that it should be appropriate but
most of the so-called appropriate technologies have not stood
that well the economic test of the market place. What are the
best ways to achieve sustainable technology transfer?
MARKETS. For a long time the emphasis has been on a supply ap-
proach to enterprise development (in particular with regards to
credit) There seems now to be a shift towards a demand approach.
What are the implications and how could market development be
better achieved?
THE INFORMAL SECTOR. No one disputes its importance (in numbers)
but the prevailing vision is one of survival, low productivity
and very little value added, in other words an inescapable evil
when it comes to economic growth. Can we and should we challenge
that perception? I personally think we should.
THE ENTREPRENEUR. Who is he or she? without getting on the debate
"entrepreneurs are born not made" how successful have been the
various entrepreneurship development programmes? what about
incubators?
NETWORKING. There are some very interesting new initiatives on
entrepreneurs networking. What can we learn from them?
PRIVATIZATION. It normally applies to larger enterprises but have
we learned something in the process which could be applied to
smaller enterprises? What lessons can be learnt from what hap-
pened in Eastern Europe and Russia?
EMPLOYMENT CREATION. It is now the number one issue in most
developed economies (the recently elected President of France
stated that it is his first priority) Is there anything we can
learn from the new approaches which are going to be developed?
What is the interface with enterprise development?
URBANIZATION. A recent Club of Sahel study, the WALTS study ( the
West African Long Term Study ) indicates that the urban economies
will be the driving forces pulling agricultural development. What
are the implications for the ways we used to look at rural devel-
opment and enterprise development? Is a new paradigm being born
which would fill the gap between the old industrial and agricul-
tural development paradigms?
ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING. What is the
present State of The Art in enterprise development? at the
policy programming and operational levels? what kind of approach
should we favor? an integrated horizontal approach or a vertical
subsectoral approach?
GENDER AND ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT. Most of microenterprises are
women, and they are also considered better credit risks. What are
the best approaches to include women in enterprise development?
should it be women only type of approaches (such as the Women's
World Banking approach) or should it integrate gender issues in
enterprise development and if such how?
Those are only examples of potential discussions which could take
place and I am sure there are many others. It is now up to all
of us to get the discussion going
Jean-Claude Lorin
Senior Analyst, Entrepreneurship and Private Sector
Africa and Middle East Branch
Canadian International Development Agency
Fax: +1-819-953-5834
Tel: +1-819-997-1515
E-Mail: jeanclaude_lorin@ccigate.acdi-cida.gc.ca
To subscribe to the list:
1. Address e-mail to: LISTSERV@DEVCAN.CA
2. Leave SUBJECT blank
3. In the Message: SUBSCRIBE ENTER-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname
4. Then SEND the message
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Sender: Ilya Shlyakhter ( ilya_shl@MIT.EDU )
Subject: letter against anti-immigration bill
Attention everyone:
Some time ago I forwarded information regarding an
anti-immigration bill being considered in Congress.
The bill severely restricts both family and
employment immigration. It will be voted on
in September. You can find information about the
bill at http://thomas.loc.gov (look for H.R. 1915
or H.R. 2202; check out Congressional testimony
on the House of Representatives gopher);
also very useful information is at
gopher://cnd.cnd.org/11/English-Menu/InfoBase/HR1915
I have the full text of the bill and can send it
to you, but it's 450K (300 pages)! It's better
to look at http://thomas.loc.gov.
I am collecting signatures for the letter to Congress
against the bill. A draft is attached; feel free
to send your comments. Please forward the letter
to everyone concerned. If you oppose the bill,
send me a short message with subject "H.R. 2202"
saying so; I will add your name to the list.
There are many restrictions in the bill besides
those mentioned in the letter; I just don't have
time to address them all; if you can, please
write additional paragraphs against these other
restrictions, and I'll include them in the letter.
It would also help a lot to call/write your senators/
representatives individually saying you oppose the
bill.
Thanks!
Ilya Shlyakhter
ilya_shl@mit.edu
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Dear ( senator or representative ):
We're writing to you to express our concern about H.R. 2202 (originally
H.R. 1915). We appreciate your effort in responsible reform of the
immigration system, but we are troubled by some aspects of the bill.
The bill contains two major parts, dealing with illegal and legal
immigration. These should be separated into two bills, to give people
more flexibility in supporting just the provisions they want. While
support for curbing illegal immigration may be almost universal, major
reduction of legal immigration is much more contraversial.
The bill sets strict numerical limits on legal immigration, about a
third down from what they're now. This will dramatically increase the
already large backlog of visas in many categories, making the wait for a
visa unbearably long. In addition, by setting strict limits on refugee
visas, the bill severely limits the ability of the U.S. to deal with
unpredictable events such as refugee crises.
The bill places excessive restrictions on employment-based immigration.
Of particular concern is the labor certification requirement for
"outstanding researchers and professors". The long and costly labor
certification process is unnecessary in this case, since any truly
oustanding reasearcher or professor by definition cannot be replaced by
a "readily available" U.S. worker. Also, the elimination of a "national
interest" waiver exempting certain workers (mostly in medical research
or defense fields) from labor certification is unnecessary. The INS has
developed regulations that prevent abuse of this waiver, and there is no
evidence of such widespread abuse. Since labor certification is
costly and can take over a year to process, it can significantly
delay research plans or even force an employer to pick a less qualified
worker for whom an LCA is not required. Therefore, it's best to
avoid labor certifications whenever possible.
H.R. 2202 also imposes arbitrary requirements on professionals and
skilled workers, requiring 5 and 7 years of experience, respectively,
even in professions where only 2 or 3 years of experience after a
baccalaureate degree are usually required for employment. This measure
will only hurt the employers, since they generally avoid hiring
overqualified workers. The experience and education requirements should
not exceed the usual requirements for employment in a particular
field.
Another disturbing provision of the bill would reduce employment
immigration if there is excess family immigration. This leaves
employment immigration in an uncertain state, creating a potential
for a considerable decrease in work visas without any regard to
the need of U.S. companies for highly qualified foreign employees.
To protect the U.S. companies from such uncertainty, this
provision should be dropped.
The restrictions on family immigration in H.R. 2002 contradict the
principle of family reunification which the US has adopted. The bill
eliminates from family immigration siblings, unmarried children over 21
years of age, and parents when less than 50% of their children live in
the U.S. However, the traditional U.S. family includes these relatives.
Note especially that children over 21 are often students who
live with the family and are an integral part of it. Also, it can
happen that only the child in the U.S. can support a parent,
while two or more children living elsewhere cannot; the 50% restriction
would leave the parent without any support.
The bill contains provisions that will bar all but the well-to-do
Americans from sponsoring their family members for immigration.
A sponsor would be required to purchase complete health insurance
for the alien and to maintain the income of at least 200% of the
poverty level for the sponsor's family (including the alien).
While we understand the need to increase sponsors' responsibility
for the aliens they sponsor, we believe that the provisions of
H.R. 2002 go too far in this respect and will significantly
harm family reunification. Moreover, they're unnecessary
since the law already requires the alien to prove that he/she
is not likely to become a public charge.
In addition to hindering family reunification, the restrictions on
family immigration will hurt U.S. employers. Many immigrants who come
on family visas find jobs shortly after coming to the U.S. Furthermore,
qualified foreign professionals may reject an employment offer if they
cannot bring their relatives with them to the U.S. It is in the U.S.
interest to do everything possible to attract excellent specialists by
creating hospitable conditions for their families.
We understand that the goal of restricting employment immigration
is to protect U.S. workers from being displaced by foreign ones.
However, such restrictions damage the U.S. both in the short run
(by depriving U.S. companies of much-needed specialists) and
in the long run (by not encouraging U.S. workers to become as
competitive as their foreign counterparts.) These restrictions
must not be allowed to pass.
We appreciate your attention to our concerns, and urge you to
amend the bill to address them.
Sincerely,
( signatures )
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