A Beckley Common Council workshop on Tuesday sparked a debate on the definition of economic development and how it relates to the more than 100-acre Pinecrest Business and Technology Park property in ...

IN TODAY’S highly turbulent world, the new rule is that there are no permanent rules. The 21st century world is volatile, unpredictable and ambiguous. In such an environment, adaptability, creativity ...

ONE recently learned from the works of an erudite, and a very hardworking etymologist, Shakil Chaudhry, that the correct translation of the Urdu word ‘takiya kalam’ was ‘pet phrase.’ It looks to have ...

The grand summit that began in Johannesburg on Monday has an ambitious agenda. The central theme is sustainable development. . For the rich nations, it means the protection of the environment. For the ...

To many people outside the advancement office, “development” and “fund raising” are synonymous. Casual observers equate the development office with raising money, pure and simple. To some extent, of ...

Development costs are the costs a business incurs from researching, growing and introducing a new product or service. Development costs are commonly referred to as research and development costs.

The term Sustainable Development was used by the Brundtland Commission which has become the most often-quoted definition of Sustainable Development: "Development that meets the needs of the present ...