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Discussed is the current state of risk-management practices in local communities in the US. Some alternatives to present policies, which are mainly implicit rather than explicit attempts to limit overall risks of death & injury due to technological & natural causes, are offered. Following a discussion of the concept of risk management as presently used in local government, results are reported from a limited survey of local risk managers (N = 19 in Ore & Calif), & some policy alternatives are offered. While generalization is itself risky, all of the observations point toward the conclusion that local government officials have little understanding of, hence little concern for, the quantity of risk posed for citizens by various hazards. If it seems desirable to place risk-management decisions in the hands of local officials, some capacity for risk quantification, hence comparison, must be developed. Policy suggestions are offered that might help augment this capacity. Modified HA.

This article critically analyses empowerment projects in a local community in southern India and explores the shortcomings of development projects aimed at changing living conditions of marginalized people. It is argued that international social work should move beyond established empowerment theories and practices and include combating structural barriers in an emancipatory manner.

This article presents the case study on how communities in the two districts of Tanzania (i.e. Kilwa and Bagamoyo) perceive investments in biofuel to their livelihoods in the respective areas. Based on the results from this study, the potentials of biofuel production in the wealth creation for poverty alleviation is very low. The case study noted that biofuel production in Tanzania is established in areas where the residents are poor, and the approach used by investors is likely to solidify the state of dependency where people will stay waiting for the investors to come and provide everything to them. In order to have any meaningful gains from biofuel investments to the communities, lessons from similar initiatives in Tanzania and elsewhere in the world should be learned and their strengthens and shortcomings be assessed to establish a more useful schemes. There is a need for the government to have good knowledge of benefits and costs emerging from investing in Biofuel production and also have the communities well prepared to participate and use such investments as an opportunity to get out of poverty. Key words: Biofuel production;Tanzania; Local communities' perceptions