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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioMetroDCMonitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in the Greater Washington Region

Benjamin Orr, September 23, 2009, The Brookings Institution

MetroDCMonitor: Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in the Greater Washington RegionGreater Washington Research at Brookings partnered with the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program to create the first MetroDCMonitor, a quarterly publication tracking indicators of economic recession and recovery in the Washington region and the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas. The report finds that the Washington area is weathering the recession comparatively well with a less volatile labor market than other metros and a healthy gross regional product. However, the housing market is weaker, and regional averages mask varying levels of economic distress throughout the area. Read More

U.S. Economic Growth, Cities, Housing, Washington DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioCombining Regional Scale and Local Flexibility: NSP2 Plans for Metropolitan Washington D.C.

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, August 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Combining Regional Scale and Local Flexibility: NSP2 Plans for Metropolitan Washington D.C.Six suburban jurisdictions around Washington DC came together under the leadership of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments to submit a joint NSP2 application that combines a region-scale loan fund with local-level flexibility in delivering homebuyer assistance and redeveloping select foreclosed properties for affordable rental housing. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Washington DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioLanguage Needs and Abilities in the Nation's Capital

Audrey Singer, July 15, 2009, DC First Language Access Policy Forum

At a forum marking the five-year anniversary of the Language Access Act in the District of Columbia, Audrey Singer spoke about language needs and abilities in the nation's capital, including limited English proficient speakers and linguistically isolated households. Read More

Washington DC, Immigration, Demographics, Cities, Social Issues

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioStrategically Selecting Stimulus Transit Projects: The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Structured Prioritization Process

Mark Muro and Sarah Rahman, July 13, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Strategically Selecting Stimulus Transit Projects: The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s Structured Prioritization ProcessTo select the most high-impact, ready-to-go projects for stimulus funding, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority conducted a new, agency-wide structured process that will also serve as the framework for future capital needs decisions. Read More

Metropolitan Recovery and Spending Priorities, Cities, Regions and States, Washington DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIf the District of Columbia becomes a State: Fiscal Implications

Alice M. Rivlin, July 13, 2009, Council of the District of Columbia

In her testimony before the Council of the District of Columbia, Special Committee on Statehood and Self Determination, Alice Rivlin explores the fiscal implications of DC statehood. Read More

Washington DC, Fiscal Policy

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioRoundtable Discussion: Road-use Pricing

Thursday, June 25, 2009
10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Washington, DC

Severe congestion and underfunded public transportation systems in the Washington, D.C. region and nationwide call for a more sustainable way of pricing transportation. To help inform the policy debate on transportation financing and traffic management, Greater Washington Research at Brookings hosted a roundtable bringing together experts from the policy, planning, advocacy, and development community. Read More

Transportation, Traffic, Highways, Washington DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRoad-use Pricing: How Would You Like to Spend Less Time in Traffic?

Alice M. Rivlin and Benjamin Orr, June 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution

In new analysis from the Greater Washington Research at Brookings, Alice Rivlin and Benjamin Orr review traffic congestion and transportation financing in the Washington, D.C. region and nationwide; suggesting that the national capital region should serve as an example of what sustainable transportation policy looks like. Read More

Traffic, Transportation, Highways, Washington DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioReasons to Love Washington (D.C.): We're Inventing the Future

Peter W. Singer, May 01, 2009, The Washingtonian

Peter Singer explains why the Washington, D.C. area can be compared to a science fiction laboratory where the future of technology is created. Read More

Military Technology, Washington DC, Defense Strategy, Technology, Defense

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRoad-use Fees Could Solve Our Transit Woes

Alice M. Rivlin and Benjamin Orr, May 01, 2009, Washington Business Journal

Alice Rivlin and Benjamin Orr urge the Washington region to implement an innovative road-use pricing program of charging by vehicle type, miles traveled, and traffic conditions. This will, in turn, lead the nation toward less congestion and a more sustainable method of financing transportation infrastructure. Read More

Transportation, Traffic, Washington DC

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioIncreasing Employment, Skills and Earnings

Martha Ross, April 20, 2009, Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Housing and Workforce Development

Testifying before the Council of the District of Columbia, Martha Ross called for renewed attention to programs connecting young people to job training and the labor market, urging attention to program quality rather than just numbers served. Read More

Washington DC, Labor Markets, Education, Wages, Cities

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioSecretary Arne Duncan and the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, April 09, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Following Congress's vote to eliminate funding for the the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, many have criticized Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for not informing Congress of the program’s success. However, given the established procedures of the Institute of Education Sciences, it is extremely unlikely that Secretary Duncan would have known the results of the study until recently, writes Russ Whitehurst. Read More

Education, U.S. Department of Education, Washington DC, K-12 Education, School Vouchers

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioPrince William County Case Study: Immigrants, Politics, and Local Response in Suburban Washington

Audrey Singer, Jill H. Wilson and Brooke DeRenzis, February 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution

The failure of federal immigration reform in 2007 has reverberated in some fast-growing local areas, including in Virginia’s Prince William County—where community leaders and residents successfully organized to pressure county government to crack down on illegal immigration. Following these trends for a year, Audrey Singer, Jill Wilson and Brooke DeRenzis have completed a case study of the local, regional, and ultimately, national factors that led Prince William County to adopt new policies toward unauthorized immigrants. Read More

Immigration, Washington DC, Demographics, Social Issues, Race

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioStimulus For a Truly Capital City

Alice M. Rivlin and Walter Smith, February 01, 2009, The Washington Post

Alice M. Rivlin co-authored an op-ed with Walter Smith of DC Appleseed calling for a new federal partnership with the District of Columbia to transform the nation’s capital into a truly great capital city. Read More

Washington DC, Education, Cities, Urban and Inner-city Schools

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioDemographic and Economic Trends in the National Capital Region and their Effects on Children, Youth and Families

Alice M. Rivlin, Martha Ross, Audrey Singer, Jill Wilson, David Park and Benjamin Orr, January 12, 2009, The Brookings Institution

Greater Washington Research at Brookings presented information on the demographic and economic trends of the Washington Rregion to Venture Philanthropy Partners, a regional philanthropic organization. The analysis focuses on the stresses and challenges facing a region that is generally prosperous but with some geographic areas and populations in economic distress. Read More

Washington DC, Demographics, Children & Families, Economic Development

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioBuilding the Best Capital City in the World

David F. Garrison, Alice M. Rivlin, Brooke DeRenzis, Jon Bouker, Julia Friedman and Garry Young, December 18, 2008, The Brookings Institution

Brookings Greater Washington joined with DC Appleseed, Our Nation’s Capital, George Washington University and Arent Fox LLP in a study of what it would take to make the District of Columbia the “best capital in the world.” The Brookings authors review how the city’s special status as a federal district limits its fiscal resources, and discuss the District’s decade of balanced budgets and good management, along with its impressive efforts to rejuvenate the city’s infrastructure. Read More

Washington DC, Education, Cities, Urban and Inner-city Schools

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Alice M. Rivlin

Alice M. Rivlin

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies

Alice Rivlin, the first director of the Congressional Budget Office, is an expert on urban issues as well as fiscal, monetary and social policy. She directs the Greater Washington Research project. 
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