Economic Development

Future Development

What will it take to bring back growth in Iraq?

Bledi Celiku and Wael Mansour

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Brighton Takawira uses the Mukuru remittance app which enables him to send money and groceries home to family in Zimbabwe from his home in Pinetown, South Africa, October 21, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Africa in Focus

COVID-19 and migrant remittances: Supporting this essential lifeline under threat

Wafa Aidi, Razaq Fatai, and Stephen Karingi

Monday, October 26, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

An individualized network for connecting talent with jobs in Central Indiana

October 15, 2020

Cities & Regions

A community investment trust for Portland, Ore. residents to ‘buy back the block’

October 14, 2020

Reports

Essay

How We Rise: How social networks in Charlotte impact economic mobility

Camille Busette, Tonya Farrow-Chestnut, Richard V. Reeves, Kwadwo Frimpong, and Hao Sun

Friday, October 16, 2020

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Economics

What COVID-19 may—or may not—change about swing state politics

Alan Berube

October 1, 2020

Report

Do the benefits outweigh the costs of impact bonds?

Emily Gustafsson-Wright and Sarah Osborne

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

U.S. Economy

Helping America’s distressed communities recover from the COVID-19 recession and achieve long-term prosperity

Timothy J. Bartik

September 23, 2020

Social Issues

How we define ‘need’ for place-based policy reveals where poverty and race intersect

Joanne Kim and Tracy Hadden Loh

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Proximity doesn’t benefit just big cities—it’s helping rural communities weather the economic crisis too

Michael Powe and Hanna Love

Thursday, October 8, 2020

The Avenue

Will voters in the Midwest’s struggling communities decide the election again?

John C. Austin

Tuesday, October 6, 2020

The Avenue

How a Washington, DC coalition is using place-based cash relief to advance an equitable COVID-19 recovery

Scott Kratz

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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Events

2020

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Past Event

How We Rise: How social networks in Charlotte impact economic mobility

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

Economic recovery in American cities: A conversation with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM EDT

The economic impact of COVID-19 on the Middle East: Recession, response, and recovery

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM AST

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Experts

Annelies Goger

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Anthony F. Pipa

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Sustainable Development

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Jennifer S. Vey

Senior Fellow - Metropolitan Policy Program, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

Director - Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

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Multimedia

May 2, 2020; Atlanta, Georgia, USA; A view of downtown Atlanta just prior to the flyover of the Blue Angels and the Thunderbirds to honor workers during the pandemic in Atlanta. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-USA TODAY NETWORK

Podcast Episode

A new paradigm for valuing Black communities

Andre M. Perry and Robert Wicks

Friday, May 22, 2020

A general view shows the partially empty Reforma Avenue after Mexico's government declared a health emergency on Monday and issued stricter rules aimed at containing the fast-spreading coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mexico City, Mexico March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

Up Front

How the Sustainable Development Goals can help cities focus COVID-19 recovery on inclusion, equity, and sustainability

Anthony F. Pipa and Max Bouchet

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Women work at a garment factory in Thai Binh province, Vietnam.

Economic Development

The story of Vietnam’s economic revolution

David Dollar and Madame Pham Chi Lan

Monday, September 30, 2019

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