This book contains 27 papers that were originally developed for a research and policy symposium at which Canadian community economic development (CED) was examined in terms of research and policy requirements. The book contains the following papers: "Community Economic Development Practice in Canada" (Brodhead); "Community Economic Development: An Overview of the U.S. Experience" (Swack, Mason); "Neighbourhood Development in the European Community" (Jacquier); "Community Economic Development Organizations in Developing Countries" (Ichoya); "The Scope and Characteristics of Community Economic Development in Canada" (Lewis); "Regional, Local and Community-Based Economic Development" (O'Neill); "An Integrated Development Model for Building Sustainable Communities in Canada" (Nozick); "Scope and Characteristics of CED: Summary, Policy Implications, and Research Needs" (Nutter, McKnight); "Community Economic Development Revisited: The Preconditions for Success" (Polese); "Socio-Economic Policy: The Challenge of Global Trends" (Lockhart); "Making Communities Work: Women and Community Economic Development" (Alderson et al.); "Environments Conducive to Effective Community Economic Development: Themes, Policy Implications and Research Needs" (Asselin, Dumaine); "A Review of Four Evaluations of CED Programs: What Have We Learned in Two Decades?" (Watson); "Employability Approaches in CED Practice: Case Studies and Issues" (Fontan, Shragge); "The Innovative Profile of Community Economic Development in Quebec" (Favreau, Ninacs); "Evaluation of Community Economic Development: Summary and Research Agenda" (Hudson, MacDonald); "Governments as Partners in Community Economic Development" (MacNeil); "The Corporate and Voluntary Sectors as Partners in Community Economic Development" (Bryant); "Community-Based Social Service Organizations and the Development of an Ecologically Sound Model for Sustainable Community Economic Development" (Challen, McPherson); "Partnerships Conducive to Effective Community Economic Development: Summary, Policy Implications and Research Agenda" (Coady, Galaway); "Development Indicators and Development Planning: A Case Study" (Lamontagne); "Training Needs for Effective Community Economic Development" (Tremblay); "Training--An Urgent Community Economic Development Need" (Frank); "Promotion of Community Economic Development" (Pell); "Summary, Policy Implication and Research Needs" (Kemp, Coyle); and "Summary, Future Directions and the Research Agenda" (Brodhead Lamontagne). Contains 287 references. (MN)