Economic Development

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Future Development

Encouraging transformations in Central Asia

Lilia Burunciuc and Ivailo Izvorski

Friday, December 13, 2019

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Africa in focus

Show me the money: How do we finance social protection for the future of work in Africa?

Zainab Usman, Indhira Santos, and Jan Loeprick

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Workforce space

The Avenue

Setting the stage for talent-driven economic development

Thursday, December 12, 2019

Talent development

The Avenue

Talent is America’s most precious resource—it’s time economic development organizations focus more on developing it

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Reports

Row houses

Housing Markets & Finance

“Gentle” density can save our neighborhoods

Alex Baca, Patrick McAnaney, and Jenny Schuetz

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Kansas City

Technology & Innovation

The case for growth centers: How to spread tech innovation across America

Robert D. Atkinson, Mark Muro, and Jacob Whiton

December 9, 2019

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Infrastructure

To fix our infrastructure, Washington needs to start from scratch

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Lara Fishbane

December 4, 2019

Philadelphia

Cities & Regions

Transformative placemaking: A framework to create connected, vibrant, and inclusive communities

Jennifer S. Vey and Hanna Love

November 19, 2019

Worcester, Massachusetts

Economic Development

Small and midsized legacy communities: Trends, assets, and principles for action

November 14, 2019

Blog Posts

Open Works

The Avenue

How a Baltimore makerspace is encouraging trust between local residents, businesses, and institutions

Will Holman and Ronald C. Williams, Ph.D.

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Africa in focus

Ethiopia’s newly unified ruling party pivots to a liberal political economy

Addisu Lashitew

Friday, December 6, 2019

Automation workers

The Avenue

AI will affect better-paid workers—but that doesn’t mean they’re the most vulnerable

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Events

Spreading tech hubs to more of America: A proposal

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Economic adjustment in conflict-affected and fragile states in Africa: Lessons from Somalia

2:30 PM - 3:15 PM EDT

Development Seminar | Economic openness across India: the opportunities, challenges and risks

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" book cover

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

By Santiago Levy

2018

Open for Business

By Richard Feinberg

2016

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

Addisu Lashitew

David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Global Economy and Development

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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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