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5. factors impinging on the Jevel of 
repional entreprencurial and mana- 
perial abilities, and 
6, factors affecting the technological 
level of production and distribution 
within the Region, ; 
The target variables for investment 
decisions are, in their turn, judged suscep- 
lille to five policy variables: 
], public investments, 
2, tax and other fiscal policies, 
3. banking and monetary policies, 
4, regulatory practices, and 
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. institutional policies. 
Finally, these target variables and 
policy variables are then placed within six 
sectors of the economy in which intensified 
efforts can produce accelerated developmenti. 
1. Education and manpower 
2. Industrial development 
3. Agriculture and forestry 
4, Tourism and recreation 
5. Transportation and 
6. Marine resources. 
The Commission's Target Areas 
These six target areas are inter- 
related. Two of them are resource oriented: 
Manpower Development and Marine Resources. 
Three of them are product oriented: Agricul- 
ture, Industrial Development and Tourism. 
The sixth is concerned with the most essential 
type of economic infrastructure, Transportatio 
The Commission knew that the Region 
suffered from underemployment even more tha 
it suffered from unemployment. Many reliable 
and responsible workers are not utilized to the 
full extent of their abilities. They could pro- 
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duce and carnomuch more if the proper india 
trial opportunities were available fo thern, 
The major 
Industrial Development Program is to attract 
into the Repion the high-wape/ higdh-jpeoroeth 
emphasis of the Commigeion's 
industries that wil] provide these opportunifies 
for psychological and financial enrichment, 
The Manpower Development Program is 
designed to ensure that these workers! skills 
are up-pgraded so that they can be effective 
in the jobs that will be openings for them. This 
program inust also see that tne currently un- 
employed are contacted, motivated, and trained 
to replace the workers who are moving up the 
economic scale, 
The Commission has heavily relied on 
expert consultants for the initial development 
of these programs. Battelle Memorial Insti- 
tute has identified 100 industry groupings which 
are high-wage/high-prowth and particularly 
well suited to location in the Region. They 
have also helped the Commission to understand 
why these industries are not already locating 
in the Region in greater numbers and what can 
be done to overcome these barriers to develop- 
ment. 
The Commission also believed that it 
should establish one or more regional man- 
power training centers to serve as experiment- 
al laboratories where compiecte occupational | 
and technical education below the colicge degree 
level could be accomplished and blended to mee 
the needs of a rapidly changing economy. The 
Commission intends that these centers will 
provide coordinated recruitment, counseling, 
and placement -- as well as training -- and 
will become catalytic agents that motivate the 
people of the Region to improve the economic 
structure. 
The Commission contracted with United 
Dynamics, Inc., to analyze existing institu- 
tions, agencies, curricula, facilities, and pro- 
grams in relation to the current economic hase 
of the Region, in order to design the necded 
improvements. The Commission also has 
used all of its supplemental grant funds to im- 
prove and expand occupational and technical 
training facilities. 
About 15 percent of the Region's work 
force is engaged in farming. The Region has 
