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SPOTLIGHT: Housing


Reuters/John Kuntz - Downtown Atlanta skyline

Save to My Portfolio Big City Populations Survive the Housing Crunch

William H. Frey, July 01, 2009

New census numbers provide the first real glimpse of how America’s big cities appear now as the major survivors of the nation’s recent housing doldrums. William Frey concludes that it remains to be seen how unemployment will impact growth in these cities and their suburbs and how they will respond when the housing market eventually recovers. Read More

Housing, Demographics, Cities, Regions and States

Spotlight: Energy Security


Reuters - The Valero St. Charles oil refinery is seen during a tour of the refinery in Norco.

Save to My Portfolio Next on Climate: Improve Waxman-Markey Innovation Provisions in Senate

Mark Muro, June 29, 2009

Following a narrow House vote on Friday to pass climate change legislation, President Obama called on the Senate this weekend to follow suit. Mark Muro urges an even greater investment in energy innovation to catalyze a radically cleaner future. Read More

Energy Security, Climate Change, Innovation, Competitiveness, Technology and Development

SPOTLIGHT: METRO MONITOR


Reuters/Nichola Groom - Workers move a generator into place at a geothermal plant.

Save to My Portfolio Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas

June 2009

The first in a series of interactive quarterly reports, the MetroMonitor ranks the nation’s 100 largest metro areas—which generate three quarters of U.S. output—on key indicators of economic performance. It reveals that metropolitan areas, even those within the same regions of the country, have felt the pain of the downturn at radically varying levels. The findings reinforce that a truly nationwide recovery will require targeted policies that address the nation’s diverse metro economies. Read More

Cities, Regions and States, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, Housing

SPOTLIGHT: Economic Development


Reuters/Rick Wilking - A couple walk their dog with the old air traffic control tower in the background in Denver's Stapleton development, in the process of becoming a town connected to downtown by bus, bike trails.

Save to My Portfolio Joining Up Transportation, Housing, and Environmental Policy

Robert Puentes, June 17, 2009

Robert Puentes argues that a new federal interagency partnership, debuted before the Senate this week, could provide the federal leadership necessary for a unified vision of transportation, housing, and environmental policy designed to tackle our interrelated economic, energy, and climate challenges. Read More

Economic Development, Energy Security, Transportation, Environment, Housing

UPCOMING EVENT

Save to My Portfolio Two HUD Secretaries on Urban Revitalization and Opportunity

Tuesday, July 14, 2009
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC

Concentrated poverty persists despite ambitious urban development initiatives over the years. On July 14, the Metropolitan Policy Program hosts former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros to discuss his new book on the lessons that can be learned from the HOPE VI program. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan will outline a new Choice Neighborhoods Initiative that aims to take the current HOPE VI program beyond public housing. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Middle-Wage Jobs in Metropolitan America

Paul Sommers, Drew Osborne, June 10, 2009

Despite the economic downturn, middle-wage jobs—good paying occupations for less educated workers—remain a prominent feature of the labor market in metropolitan areas nationwide. Though the rankings have surely changed during the current slump, the authors of this Metropolitan Economy Initiative report analyze the sectors and metro areas providing the most middle-wage jobs as a tool for better understanding of metropolitan job markets. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America's Older Industrial Cities

Jennifer S. Vey, May 2007

This 2007 report by Jennifer Vey has recently been mis-described as a plan for bulldozing 50 Rust Belt cities. To the contrary, Vey actually provides a framework for understanding how to restore prosperity in America’s struggling ( and in some cases shrinking) cities, particularly in the Northeast and Midwest, and gives specific recommendations to state policymakers for catalytic development, contamination clean up, and historic preservation. Read More

Research and Commentary

Save to My Portfolio Hard Times? Depends on Where You Live

Alan Berube, June 28, 2009

Most California cities are experiencing the worst economic downturn since the Depression; most Texas cities are not. Based on a new Brookings analysis on the nation's largest metropolitan areas, Alan Berube explains that “a lot depends on what a metro area's firms and workers do, and what its housing market did in the lead-up to the crash.” Read More

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Reviving America's Economy

Delivering Metropolitan Stimulus

A historic fiscal experiment in this country will evolve in the weeks, months, and years ahead as a $787 billion stimulus package is spent to revive America’s economy. Metropolitan Policy Program experts suggest how this money might be strategically deployed to invigorate our nation’s metropolitan areas, the sources of national prosperity.

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TopicEducation

The economic and political well-being of any democracy requires a well-educated citizenry. Brookings’s work has extended beyond the K-12 bookends to include pre-school interventions and issues in higher education. Experts are tackling fundamental issues on the role of education in the national and global economy.

ExpertRobert Puentes

Robert Puentes focuses on the broad array of policies and issues related to metropolitan growth and development. He is an expert on transportation and infrastructure, urban planning, growth management, suburban issues and housing.

TopicHealth Care

Brookings is committed to producing innovative policy solutions to our nation’s most difficult challenges. The country may face no more important domestic policy challenge than the much-needed reform of our health care system. Through an institution-wide effort, Brookings delivers new ideas and offers policy solutions to improve health care both at home and globally.

TopicMigration

Migration is an issue that bridges Brookings’s expertise in domestic and foreign policy. In the United States, reforming immigration policy remains a subject of intense political debate. Globally, the unprecedented movement of people across borders raises issues in both industrialized countries and the developing world.

ExpertEswar Prasad

Eswar Prasad, who holds the New Century Chair in International Economics, is a senior fellow in Global Economy and Development. He is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University and was previously head of the Financial Studies Division and the China Division at the IMF.

ExpertMartin Neil Baily

Martin Baily, a former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, focuses on issues of globalization, productivity and competitiveness, Social Security reform and U.S. economic policy.

ExpertSarah A. Binder

Sarah Binder is an expert on Congress and legislative politics.  She is completing a project on the politics of advice and consent, and is at work on the politics of how Congress responds to financial crises.

Policy CenterCenter on Children and Families

The Center on Children and Families studies policies on the well-being of America's children and their parents and seeks a more effective means of addressing poverty, inequality and lack of opportunity in the United States.

Research ProjectAfrica Growth Initiative

The Africa Growth Initiative conducts high-quality policy research and analysis focused on attaining sustainable economic development and prosperity in Africa, while amplifying the voice of African researchers in policy-making and planning.

Policy CenterJohn L. Thornton China Center

The John L. Thornton China Center develops analysis and policy recommendations to help address key long-term challenges, both in terms of U.S.-China relations and China's internal development.

Policy CenterCenter on the United States and Europe

The Center on the U.S. and Europe is dedicated to the study of Europe and U.S.-Europe relations. It involves American and European experts in an active program of research, analysis, and debate.

ExpertVanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown focuses on the national security implications of illicit economies and strategies for managing them. She is a security studies professor at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.

Research ProjectBudgeting for National Priorities

The Budgeting for National Priorities project promotes greater fiscal responsibility by developing new ideas, educating the public and finding common ground among experts and policy-makers.

ProgramGovernance Studies

Governance Studies explores political institutions of the United States and other democracies to assess how they govern, how their practices compare and how citizens and public servants can advance sound governance.

ProgramMetropolitan Policy Program

Redefining the challenges facing metropolitan America and promoting innovative solutions to help communities grow in more inclusive, competitive and sustainable ways.

Research Project21st Century Defense Initiative

The 21st Century Defense Initiative produces cutting-edge research, analysis, and outreach that address some of the most critical issues facing leaders shaping defense policy in the coming century. The initiative focuses on three core issues: the future of war, the future of U.S. defense needs and priorities, and the future of the U.S. defense system