Northwest Arkansas State of the Region Report 2021

The State of the Northwest Arkansas Region Report is an annual publication, commissioned by the Northwest Arkansas Council, that serves as a tool for evaluating economic performance. In 2018, the Northwest Arkansas Council created a strategic action agenda for 2018-2021. In this plan, the performance of Northwest Arkansas is benchmarked with other contemporary, high-performing regions: Austin, Des Moines, Madison, Durham-Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Provo-Orem. The 2021 State of the Region Report compares Northwest Arkansas with these regions in the areas of gross domestic product, employment, unemployment, establishment growth, average annual wages, research and development, and average domestic airfares. The 2020 Census was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and, as a result, updated data for the following indicators is not available: median household income, poverty, educational attainment, homeownership costs and commuting time

Mapping Socioeconomic Indicators by Race and County in Arkansas

The Urban League of the State of Arkansas seeks to lead efforts in advancing and obtaining equal opportunities for all citizens with a particular focus in the areas of health, education, jobs, and housing. In keeping with this mission, the Urban League of Arkansas partnered with the Center for Business and Economic Research in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas to produce a report that provides data to identify key areas of need in the African American and Latinx communities in Arkansas and develop programs and policies to address them. In this report, the key areas of concern include issues around the school to prison pipeline, poverty rates, economic wellbeing, and educational attainment. The fourteen indicators included within these areas: incarceration rates, prison admissions, out-of -school suspensions, in-school suspensions, corporal punishment rates, expulsions rates, poverty rates, childhood poverty rates, labor force participation rates, unemployment rates, employment-to-population ratio rates, owner-occupied housing rates, high school/GED attainment rates, and higher education attainment rates. Data for each of these indicators was collected from 2015 to 2018 for the overall population, whites, African Americans, and Latinx from the Arkansas Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Arkansas Department of Corrections. Density maps for each indicator and their changes from 2015 to 2018 are presented on a county-level with versions for each population (white, African American, Latinx/Hispanic and overall)

State of the Northwest Arkansas Region 2020 Report

The State of the Northwest Arkansas Region Report is an annual publication, commissioned by the Northwest Arkansas Council, that serves as a tool for evaluating economic performance. In July 2018, the Northwest Arkansas Council created a new blueprint for development that outlines the peer regions and a strategic action agenda for 2018-2021. In this plan, the performance of Northwest Arkansas is benchmarked with other contemporary, high-performing regions, namely Austin, Des Moines, Madison, Durham-Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Provo-Orem. The 2020 State of the Region Report compares Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers MSA) with these geographies in the areas of gross domestic product, employment, unemployment, establishment growth, median household income, average annual wages, poverty, educational attainment, research and development, homeownership cost, commuting time, and domestic airfare. The table below provides a summary of the performance of the Northwest Arkansas region. Important indicators such as gross domestic product, business establishment growth, average annual wages, and university R&D expenditures showed strong increases from the previous year, while improvements in metrics such as poverty rate and higher educational attainment were limited

State of the Northwest Arkansas Region 2019 Report

The State of the Northwest Arkansas Region Report is an annual publication, commissioned by the Northwest Arkansas Council, that serves as a tool for evaluating economic performance. In July 2018, the Northwest Arkansas Council created a new blueprint for development that outlines the peer regions and a strategic action agenda for 2018-2021. In this plan, the performance of Northwest Arkansas is benchmarked with other contemporary, high-performing regions, namely Austin, Des Moines, Madison, Durham-Chapel Hill, Raleigh and Provo-Orem. The 2019 State of the Region Report compares Northwest Arkansas with these geographies in the areas of gross domestic product, employment, unemployment, establishment growth, median household income, average annual wages, poverty, educational attainment, research and development, homeownership costs, commuting time, and average domestic airfares. The table below provides a summary of the performance of the Northwest Arkansas region on these measures. Important indicators such as gross domestic product, business establishment growth, average annual wages, and university R&D expenditures showed strong increases from the previous year, while improvements in metrics such as poverty rate and higher education attainment were more limited

Survey of the Labor Market for New Ph.D. Hires in Economics 2022-23

This year, the survey questionnaire was sent to 369 organizations. Questionnaires were returned by 144 organizations (39.0 percent). Of this year’s responses, 86 (59.7 percent) were from those who responded to the last survey conducted for the 2021-22 academic year. Among the academic institutions responding, the distribution of highest degrees offered was as follows: Ph.D.—56.3 percent; Master’s—8.3 percent and Bachelor’s—34.7 percent. The responses are reported for all respondents, and separately for Ph.D. Degree granting institutions and for schools whose highest degree offered is the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. Data for the top 30 institutions in the revised National Research Council’s Research Doctorate Report, 2011, are reported as a subset of Ph.D. Degree granting schools. They are referred to as the Top 30

Survey of the Labor Market for New Ph.D. Hires in Economics 2021-2022

This year, the survey questionnaire was sent to 368 organizations. Questionnaires were returned by 144 organizations (39.1 percent). Of this year’s responses, 53 (36.8 percent) were from those who responded to the last survey conducted for the 2020-21 academic year. Among the academic institutions responding, the distribution of highest degrees offered was as follows: Ph.D.—51.4 percent; Master’s—11.8 percent and Bachelor’s—35.4 percent. The responses are reported for all respondents, and separately for Ph.D. Degree granting institutions and for schools whose highest degree offered is the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. Data for the top 30 institutions in the revised National Research Council’s Research Doctorate Report, 2011, are reported as a subset of Ph.D. Degree granting schools. They are referred to as the Top 30

Survey of the Labor Market for New Ph.D. Hires in Economics 2020-2021

This year, the survey questionnaire was sent to 367 organizations. Questionnaires were returned by 141 organizations (38.4 percent). Of this year’s responses, 66 (46.8 percent) were from those who responded to the last survey conducted for the 2019-20 academic year. Among the academic institutions responding, the distribution of highest degrees offered was as follows: Ph.D.—50.4 percent; Master’s—9.9 percent and Bachelor’s—38.3 percent. The responses are reported for all respondents, and separately for Ph.D. Degree granting institutions and for schools whose highest degree offered is the Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree. Data for the top 30 institutions in the revised National Research Council’s Research Doctorate Report, 2011, are reported as a subset of Ph.D. Degree grantingschools. They are referred to as the Top 30

Elaboración de dulce con propóleo e hidromiel en la empresa APIFLAM (Apicultura Flamenco)

La apicultura o el cultivo de abejas es una actividad agropecuaria orientada a la crianza de abejas y a prestarles los cuidados necesarios con el objeto de obtener y consumir los productos que son capaces de elaborar y recolectar y además es uno de los rubros agropecuarios de gran importancia, ya que el país ocupa el puesto número 65 en la producción de miel a nivel mundial el cual es una gran fuente de empleos. Es por ello, que se considera importante diseñar un plan que permita a la empresa Apiflam, procesar nuevos productos cosa que la mayor parte de los apicultores no lo hacen, esta es una oportunidad de darle un valor agregado a la miel y sus derivados, ejemplo de esto productos son los dulces de propóleo y el hidromiel. Aprovechando no solo la miel, sino también el propóleo producto muy desperdiciado. Además, se buscará ayudarle a la empresa dándole un valor agregado a la miel y el propóleo. De la misma forma la empresa no posee los procesos de producción de estos productos razón por la que se buscara la transferencia de capacidades técnicas sobre el procesamiento de los productos anteriormente mencionados. Beekeeping or the cultivation of bees is an agricultural activity aimed at raising bees and providing them with the necessary care in order to obtain and consume the products they are able to produce and collect, and it is also one of the most important agricultural sectors, since the country ranks 65th in the production of honey worldwide, which is a great source of employment. That is why it is important to design a plan that allows the company Apiflam to process new products, which most beekeepers do not do. This is an opportunity to give added value to honey and its derivatives, such as propolis candies and mead. Taking advantage not only of the honey, but also of the propolis, which is a wasted product. In addition, we will try to help the company by adding value to the honey and propolis. In the same way, the company does not have the production processes of these products, which is why the transfer of technical capabilities on the processing of the aforementioned products will be sought