State Reports                                                               

Items listed under "State Documents" have been received by the Documents Unit, Illinois State Library, Springfield, and are usually available from public libraries in the state through interlibrary loan. Issuing agencies may have copies available. For items listed under "Other Reports," write to the publisher as noted.

State Reports

• Illinois Food Guide, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 19281, State Fairgrounds, Springfield 62794; phone (217) 782-6675; (October 1992).

Illinois is the second largest food processing state in the nation, with more than 95,000 people employed in the manufacture of food products. To assist food buyers (in such businesses as retail and wholesale outlets, school districts, and hotels), who may be interested in purchasing Illinois products, the Department of Agriculture has published two versions of its food guide — one for domestic buyers, the other for the international market. Each provides information on over 650 food processers and suppliers; included are names of contact persons, addresses, phone numbers, and the kinds of products available.

• Economic Leadership in Illinois: New Approaches for the 1990's, Department of Commerce and Community Affairs, 620 E. Adams, Springfield 62701; 8 pp.

The first section of this report discusses the need to improve the state's capacity to revitalize existing industry clusters and build new ones to assure its continuing competitiveness. The second section deals with the issue of the maturing structure of Illinois industry. The final sections describe the economic foundations of industrial revitalization and ways of revitalizing the state's economy.

Other Reports

• Illinois Economic Outlook, 1993, Bureau of Economic & Business Research, University of Illinois, 428 Commerce West, 1206 S. Sixth St., Champaign 61820; phone (217) 333-2330; 35pp.

This annual publication presents facts, figures and commentary on such topics as the economic recovery, the agricultural sector, state finance, and growth in government and the state economy. It also contains a forecast generated by the Illinois Econometric Model.

Anna J. Merritt

April 1993/Illinois Issues/29