11. That project reported that many Latino students live in the nation's most economically distressed areas . 12. The federal government must invest more " in inner cities and other distressed areas ,'Rubin said. 13. Perhaps he should visit the distressed areas of Africa Fuller describes before making such claims. 14. The money for construction comes from a consortium of banks that lends in distressed areas . 15. State officials try to improve living conditions in underdeveloped communities through the Economically Distressed Areas Program. 16. _Economic Development Administration : Stimulates industrial and commercial growth in economically distressed areas of the United States. 17. Rossello's proposal gives tax breaks to U . S . companies that create jobs in economically distressed areas . 18. By directing development toward economically distressed areas of the state, the state as a whole will become stronger. 19. The idea of pumping life into economically distressed areas through tax breaks was proposed by Washington in 1980. 20. In 1989, Senate Bill 2 created the Economically Distressed Areas Program to provide water and sewers to the colonias.