The third is a business seminar in conjunction with the University of North Florida and the Florida West Africa Institute. This seminar will be co-sponsored by UF s Center for African Studies. The report for the year 2000 is a mid-year assessment that analyzes key developments over the past 18 months and gives individual area reports for the 20 largest markets in the region. Within the context of the report, the business environment consists of government regulatory policies, global and regional external impacts on Latin America and internal Latin American economic, social and political conditions. Extension Fact Sheets are distributed directly to extension offices in the 67 counties of Florida and are available publicly on-line.
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It was published in the Michigan State University Press volume The Institutionalist Approach to Public Utilities Regulation, edited by Edythe Miller and Warren J. Samuels. Dr. Agnes Leslie of the Center for African Studies and Dr. Barbara McDade of the Department of Geography led sessions in workshops at Valencia Community College on business and economic development in Africa. These workshops served interested parties in both business and academia. IB 2000 Export Strategy Reports provide small businesses in Florida with strategic plans for expanding international markets. During Summer 2000, students from the four Florida universities participating in the program represented firms from a diverse range of industries.