In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...
Former professor Dr. David Birch of MIT found that up to 80% of job growth in any community is generated by the businesses already located there and not by attraction efforts. Economic development in ...
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At a Jones County roundtable, Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Feenstra argued Iowa can lure manufacturers back from ...
Often overlooked by trendspotters chasing the big business angle of the moment, special economic zones (SEZs) have long been cornerstones of international trade. Also known as free trade zones (FTZs) ...
At a recent meeting of the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce, I posed the following question to Brian Chavez, who represents the 30th Ohio senate district and is chairman of the Ohio Senate Energy ...
The latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report for 2024 paints a sobering picture of the global economic landscape. The world economy continues to face multiple crises, jeopardizing progress ...
Whether it’s in working to eliminate poverty, reinventing development economics, examining social safety nets, or improving democratic institutions, Finance & Development magazine has regularly ...
Education is the foundation of any functioning society: It prepares people to live cohesively in a community, participate politically, and contribute economically. Investing in education has ...