Economic Development

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

Staff of Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill waiting for customer to arrived for re-opens for indoor dining on May 18, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. The six year old family own restaurant with 30 plus employee re-opened approximately two months after shutting it's doors due to the coronavirus pandemic and lost over $300,000 of revenue during that time. Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill just received a PPP loan approval on May 6 and looking for most of they employee to come back to work. as Broward County starts the first phase of the states coronavirus pandemic re-opening plan, which includes openings with certain restrictions of businesses like barber shops, hair salon, restaurants and retail stores. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

The Avenue

In many of the hardest-hit states, COVID-19 small business relief is lagging

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

May 21, 2020

U.S. Metro Areas

As the capital region’s population ages, public policies need to adjust

Jaclene Begley, Leah Brooks, Brian J. McCabe, Jenny Schuetz, and Stan Veuger

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

The Avenue

How Little Tokyo, Los Angeles is approaching community-led recovery through arts and culture

Kenji Liu

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Reports

--FILE--A local resident uses his smartphone to have the QR code scanned through the mobile app of Tencent's WeChat Payment function to pay his purchases at a shopping mall in Shanghai, China, 26 September 2018.WeChat Pay, one of China's biggest mobile payment platforms, is set to expand its presence in Singapore next month at more than 600 retail outlets. From November 1, Cold Storage, Giant, Guardian and 7-Eleven stores across Singapore will start accepting payments through the Tencent-operated platform. The initiative was announced by Singapore Dairy Farm (the regional parent company of the four brands) and Singaporean mobile payment company NETS, which offers cashless QR payment services at more than 55,000 terminals across the country. Chinese nationals based in Singapore or visiting the country as tourists will be able to scan NETS QR code terminals in the 600 retail outlets with WeChat Pay, with transactions conducted in yuan based on the point-of-sale foreign exchange rate. Dairy Farm and NETS said in their statement that the cooperation with WeChat Pay would help serve the growing number of Chinese tourists visiting Singapore. According to the Singapore Tourism Board, arrivals from China in 2017 were up by 13 percent on the previous year, reaching 3.2 million. While WeChat Pay and its rival, Alibaba's Alipay, have ventured overseas into several countries, the services are only available to Chinese nationals.No Use China. No Use France.

Report

China’s digital payments revolution

Aaron Klein

April 2020

Workers make face masks at the Portland Garment Factory in Portland, Ore., on April 1, 2020. The company's owner, Britt Howard, made the decision to shift the focus of the business to fill the demand for personal protective equipment, and the studio is now producing 5,000 face masks per week with eight full-time employees. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Businesses owned by women and minorities have grown. Will COVID-19 undo that?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Israel

A growth strategy for the Israeli economy

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-Carmi

April 2020

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

Blog Posts

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

An employee prepares a take away order at a fast food restaurant as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) affects local business in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S., April 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

Up Front

Our employment system has failed low-wage workers. How can we rebuild?

Martina Hund-Mejean and Marcela Escobari

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Up Front

Redesign required: Principles for reimagining federal rural policy in the COVID-19 era

Katharine Ferguson, Anthony F. Pipa, and Natalie Geismar

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

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Events

2020

Feb

Past Event

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

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM EST

Boosting growth across more of America

9:30 AM - 11:30 AM EST

Seminar | Economic development through efficient and sustainable non-fuel mining

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM IST

Delhi, India

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Experts

Anthony F. Pipa

Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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Amy Liu

Vice President and Director - Metropolitan Policy Program

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Multimedia

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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U.S. Economy

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

Jay Shambaugh and David Dollar

Monday, July 22, 2019

A truck driver waits at a logistics area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, in Shanghai.

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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