Local Public Works Program. Creating Jobs through Public Works Projects in Areas of High Unemployment

摘要

The report and the supporting evaluation studies present the major results of the $6 billion Local Public Works (LPW) Program which EDA implemented in 1977. LPW, the largest countercyclical public works program undertaken since the depression, had three basic objective -- providing a stimulus to the national economy and distressed local economies; generating employment opportunities in construction and related industries; and constructing or renovating needed public facilities.