Alan Berube

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Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program
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Alan Berube is senior fellow and deputy director at the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, and co-author of Confronting Suburban Poverty in America (Brookings Press, 2013). He has authored numerous Brookings publications on topics including metropolitan demographic and economic trends, social policies affecting low-income families and communities, and cities in the global economy. | View Full Bio

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Expertise

  • Metropolitan demographics
  • Urban poverty
  • Suburban poverty
  • U.S. social policy

Experience

Past Positions

  • Atlantic Fellow in Public Policy, U.K. Treasury
  • Policy Advisor, U.S. Treasury Department
  • Researcher, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Consultant, Andersen Consulting

Education

  • M.P.P. Georgetown University, 1999
  • B.S., Stanford University, 1994

Confronting Suburban Poverty in America

Confronting Suburban Poverty in America, by Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan BerubeSuburbia is home to the largest and fastest growing poor population in the country and more than half of the metropolitan poor.

In their new book, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube offer anti-poverty strategies that work region-wide.

Visit the book's site for action tools and more information »

Experts in the news

"I think suburban poverty is here to stay, it's not going to revert back to the cities."

Source: Christian Science Monitor

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