Economic Development

BAL HARBOUR, FL - MAY 23: Independent book store Books&Books finally re-open one of their store at the Bal Harbour shop after two month closing due amid of reducing the out spread of Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Sign posted all over the store urge customer to wear mask and staff provided hand sanitizer upon enter the store to customer on May 23, 2020 in Bal Harbour, Florida. Miami-Dade County, Florida start Phase one re-opening after two month of stay at home order was place by (R) FL Gov. Ron DeSanti (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Small businesses have received uneven relief from COVID-19 federal aid

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

Friday, May 29, 2020

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

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.

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

Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla

May 21, 2020

Union Station

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

Little Tokyo

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

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Workers are seen at their workstations on the floor of an outsourcing centre in Bangalore, February 29, 2012. India's IT industry, with Bangalore firms forming the largest component, is now worth an annual $100 billion and growing 14 percent per year, one of the few bright spots in an economy blighted by policy stagnation and political instability. Picture taken on February 29, 2012. To match Insight INDIA-OUTSOURCING/ REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) - GM1E8450SWY01

‘India needs an immediate fiscal stimulus of around 5%’

Sunday, May 3, 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

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

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

Martina Hund-Mejean and Marcela Escobari

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

--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.

China’s digital payments revolution

April 2020

A broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai, India, February 26, 2016. Indian bonds, shares and the rupee gained on Friday after a key government report on the economy was seen as calling for fiscal prudence and stable inflation, while also acknowledging risks to the growth outlook. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade - D1BESPFKCFAA

COVID-19 | Rakesh Mohan on the Indian economy and battling the slowdown

Wednesday, April 22, 2020