These papers provide indepth analyses of barriers to and proposals for economic development on Indian reservations. The collection is a follow through to April 29, 1982 hearings of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs of the United States Senate. Alan R. Parker and Charles Trimble survey Indian economic development issues including the federal role, tribal experience, legal questions of development, and capital and financing issues as well as listing relevant federal assistance programs. Eric D. Eberhard examines the American Indian Development Finance Corporation in the context of federal Indian law. Eric Natwig describes institutional barriers to financing development projects in Indian country and establishes the need for an independent development finance institution. Ronald L. Trosper estimates capital needs for an American Indian Development Finance Corporation. Lorraine Turner Ruffing discusses initiatives in development finance including domestic and international programs and institutions. A second paper by Trosper offers guidelines for project evaluation on reservations, applying cost-benefit analysis and social accounting matrices to four hypothetical projects. Reka Potgieter Hoff discusses tribal taxation and economic development. Tables and explanatory notes accompany the papers. (LFL)