Economic Development

The Avenue

How building schools can create good local jobs right now

Andre M. Perry

Thursday, June 13, 2019

The Avenue

What do Midwest working-class voters want and need?

John C. Austin

Thursday, June 13, 2019

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Africa in focus

Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration

Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Entrepreneurship

As the venture capital game gets bigger, the Midwest keeps missing out

John C. Austin

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Reports

Report

Growing cities that work for all: A capability-based approach to regional economic competitiveness

Marcela Escobari, Ian Seyal, José Morales-Arilla, and Chad Shearer

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Mexico

A new administration confronts a changing world: Mexico’s economic competitiveness strategy at a geopolitical inflection point

Christopher Wilson

May 2019

Residential neighborhood in Washington DC

Housing Markets & Finance

State of the Capital Region in 2019: Housing Growth and Affordability

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

May 14, 2019

Infrastructure

Shifting into an era of repair: US infrastructure spending trends

Joseph W. Kane and Adie Tomer

Friday, May 10, 2019

Workforce Development

Advancing inclusion through clean energy jobs

Mark Muro, Adie Tomer, Ranjitha Shivaram, and Joseph W. Kane

April 18, 2019

Blog Posts

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Africa in focus

Africa’s industrialization under the Continental Free Trade Area: Local strategies for global competitiveness

Landry Signé

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

The Avenue

Is America’s Seed Fund investing in women- and minority-owned businesses?

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

The Avenue

Removing a highway and reconnecting a community: I-81 and Syracuse, NY

Joseph W. Kane

May 30, 2019

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Events

2019

May

Past Event

Addressing Africa’s youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM EDT

Is sub-Saharan Africa facing another systemic sovereign debt crisis?

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Development Seminar | Work in progress: Improving youth labour market outcomes in emerging & developing economies

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM IST

New Delhi, India

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Related Books

African Development, African Transformation book cover (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

African Development, African Transformation: How Institutions Shape Development Strategy

By Landry Signé

2018

Under-Rewarded Efforts: The Elusive Quest for Prosperity in Mexico

By Santiago Levy

2018

Open for Business

By Richard Feinberg

2016

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Multimedia

Brookings Now

An economic agenda for the forgotten Americans in a divided nation

Brennan Hoban

Monday, October 15, 2018

Up Front

Using technology to improve the efficacy of school feeding programmes

Prerna Sharma

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Up Front

Measuring new indicators of growth

Shruti Godbole

Friday, July 6, 2018

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