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At What Cost? North Carolina's "Budget" For Economic Development

Greater transparency lies at the heart of good government. With fuller disclosure, lawmakers, courts, citizens, and the media can significantly improve their oversight of public policies and spur programs toward higher impact and cost-effectiveness. Nowhere is more "sunshine" needed than in the area of economic development, one of the fastest growing spending areas of state and local governments. Most state policymakers have little information on how much they are spending annually on a variety of on- and off-budget economic development programs.

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