March 2006 · Volume 88 · Number 2

Connections Matter: Using Networks for Economic Development

Using connections that people have to their communities is a key to economic development. Developing and using the ties that bind will help to build the economy, just as a university's alumni are a main support for its endowment and just as some developing countries' expatriates are their vital source of foreign income.  Camille Cates Barnett and Oscar Rodríguez, Washington, D.C.. Read article

Who’s Advocating What Here? *

Do local governments have a right to advocate on matters that may either benefit or harm their constituents?  Robert Meyers and Victoria Frigo, Miami-Dade County, Florida. Read article

Mission to Mississippi *

An Augusta, Maine, employee, who formed a team to help another city, speaks of a level of commitment that is powerful.  Bill Bridgeo, Augusta, Maine. Read article

Letters *

Corporate Profile

Microsoft 

Ethics

On Retirement

Growing Number of Plan Sponsors Are Offering Investment Advice 

Commentary *

When I Retire. . .Musings and Rash Promises About Moving On 

Profile

Edward Driggers, Greer, South Carolina 

FYI *