Economic Development

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The Avenue

How a conservative coal county built the biggest community solar energy project in East Kentucky

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Quieter than usual scenes pictured in downtown Portland, Ore., on March 19, 2020, the first day of spring. Throughout the state gatherings are now limited to no more than 25 people for at least four weeks and bars and restaurants will be providing takeout services only as social distancing measures aim to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and flatten the curve. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The Avenue

What the Great Recession can tell us about the COVID-19 small business crisis

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

People walks cross a street practicing 'social distancing' at a commercial area of South Beach after local authorities restricted the activities of restaurants, bars, gyms, movie theaters and other similar businesses and rolled out a midnight curfew for precaution due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

The Avenue

The qualities that imperil urban places during COVID-19 are also the keys to recovery

Tracy Hadden Loh, Hanna Love, and Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Jeanne Bonner, who made just $2 in tips one day last week as compared to $80 during a normal shift, works behind the bar at Latina Restaurant & Pizzeria near the General Motors Flint Truck Assembly where union auto workers are on strike in Flint, Michigan, U.S., October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

The Avenue

COVID-19 will upend retail, but there are steps we can take to save it

Tracy Hadden Loh

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Reports

Talented female architect teacher helping students with project for university coursework correcting mistakes in drawings and answer question during meeting in library with wifi zone and gadgets

Report

State policies to promote shared prosperity in cities

Solomon Greene, Alan Berube, John D. Ratliff, and Aaron Shroyer

March 26, 2020

A Washington Metro bus driver passes along a route wearing a face mask, as Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a State of Emergency in response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Stimulus steps the US should take to reduce regional economic damages from the COVID-19 recession

Timothy J. Bartik, Brad Hershbein, Mark Muro, and Bryan A. Stuart

Friday, March 20, 2020

Seattle skyline

Technology & Innovation

No matter which way you look at it, tech jobs are still concentrating in just a few cities

March 3, 2020

Digital access

Infrastructure

Digital prosperity: How broadband can deliver health and equity to all communities

Adie Tomer, Lara Fishbane, Angela Siefer, and Bill Callahan

February 27, 2020

A roadmap for growing good jobs

Report

A Roadmap for Growing Good Jobs: Background on data and methodology

Marcela Escobari and Ian Seyal

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Blog Posts

A worker looks out from a near empty restaurant on North Avenue during the coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

The Avenue

The robots are ready as the COVID-19 recession spreads

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Few people are seen at Times Square in Manhattan, New York in the night March 22, 2020. New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered New Yorkers to stay home to slow the new coronavirus pandemic from 22th night. ( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

The Avenue

How our cities can reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic

Richard Florida and Steven Pedigo

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

The Avenue

Federal fiscal aid to cities and states must be massive and immediate

Xavier de Souza Briggs, Amy Liu, and Jenny Schuetz

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Events

Five-star reviews, one-star profits: The devaluation of businesses in Black communities

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Multimedia

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Economic Development

The story of Vietnam’s economic revolution

David Dollar and Madame Pham Chi Lan

Monday, September 30, 2019

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The geography of prosperity: How to help the areas lagging behind

Jay Shambaugh and David Dollar

Monday, July 22, 2019

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Global Trade

Chinese perspectives on trade and the economic tension with the US

David Dollar and Yiping Huang

Monday, June 24, 2019

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