BEHIND THE STRUGGLE THAT DIVIDES THE INDUSTRY
This story is the first of a three-part series that analyzes the complexities of minority set-aside programs, looks to the future and suggests possible solutions. Minority business set-asides, created to redress past discrimination and foster economic prosperity, have done neither. This article examines the arguments of critics who say the program isn't working, the views of minorities who say they are left on the outside looking in without the goals provided by the minority set-aside programs, and the changes that are needed if Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) programs are to succeed. The programs have been, or still are, also known as Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE); Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), now part of MBE; and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), a term used by the Defense Department. A chart included with this article shows minorities' and women's share of federal aid highway contracts for 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988.
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Corporate Authors:
Cahners Publishing Company
275 Washington Street
Newton, MA United States 02158-1630 -
Authors:
- Merwin, D P
- Publication Date: 1990-2
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: 5 p.
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Serial:
- Highways and Heavy Construction
- Volume: 133
- Issue Number: 3
- Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
- ISSN: 0362-0506
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Construction industry; Disadvantaged business enterprises; Measures of effectiveness; Minority business enterprises
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
- Old TRIS Terms: Set-aside programs
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00491288
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 28 1990 12:00AM