Business & Industry

Downtown Rawlins

The Avenue

How a rural Wyoming town is repurposing historic assets to spur local entrepreneurship

Friday, November 15, 2019

Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience on "the challenges of protecting free speech while combating hate speech online, fighting misinformation, and political data privacy and security," at a forum hosted by Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) and the McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso - RC1CB9578F30

TechTank

Can social media ‘targetcasting’ and democracy coexist?

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

A Chinese construction labourer works at the site of the future Iconic Tower skyscraper, at its foundations in the business district, being built by China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC) in the New Administrative Capital (NAC) east of Cairo, Egypt May 2, 2019. Picture taken May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RC143E9C90F0

India

The future of business

Vikram Singh Mehta

Wednesday, November 6, 2019

Low-wage workforce

Workforce Development

Meet the low-wage workforce

Martha Ross and Nicole Bateman

November 7, 2019

Reports

Banner

Business & Industry

How startups help cities measure their economic development frontier

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

October 24, 2019

Talent development

Economic Development

Talent-driven economic development: A new vision and agenda for regional and state economies

Joseph Parilla and Sifan Liu

October 15, 2019

A woman visits the Huawei Cyber Security Transparency Centre in Brussels, Belgium March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman - RC16860A0720

Report

Cybersecurity and digital trade: Getting it right

Joshua P. Meltzer and Cameron F. Kerry

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Visitors are seen at Tokyo Game Show 2019 in Chiba, east of Tokyo, Japan, September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RC1ACC4760F0

Global Trade

A WTO reform agenda

Joshua P. Meltzer

Sunday, September 15, 2019

Louisville KY

Global Trade

How global cities are innovating to leverage foreign investment

Max Bouchet, Rachel Barker, and Marek Gootman

September 11, 2019

Blog Posts

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Future Development

Bridging the productivity gap

Elwyn Davies, Hilda Shijaku, and Christoph Ungerer

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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The Avenue

Most business incentives don’t work. Here’s how to fix them.

Tim Bartik and John C. Austin

November 4, 2019

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TechTank

To regulate digital platforms, focus on specific business sectors

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

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Events

Building the workforce of the future: Resilient people and places

9:00 AM - 7:00 PM EDT

Can big data improve economic measurement?

1:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

Development Seminar | World Development Report 2019: The changing nature of work

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Experts

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Joshua P. Meltzer

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

@JoshuaPMeltzer

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Multimedia

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Up Front

Joe Biden’s ideas to help the middle class

Ashley Schobert and Richard V. Reeves

Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Employees work on the manufacturing line at the United Aryan Export Processing Zone textile factory in Nairobi, Kenya April 13, 2017. Picture taken April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Baz Ratner - RC116416CF10

Africa in focus

Capitalizing on Industry 4.0 in Africa

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) holds a sample tax form as he unveils legislation to overhaul the tax code.

Unpacked

How the new tax bill encourages tax avoidance

Thursday, December 14, 2017

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