Economic Development
| Publication | Category | Topic |
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| A Path to Conventional Equity for CDFIs In this report designed to serve the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) sector, authors Charles Tansey and Michael Swack describe a step-by-step blueprint for accessing private equity in Stage One and conventional equity in the public market in Stage… |
Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Economic Development |
| A Path to Conventional Equity for CDFIs In this working paper, authors Charles Tansey and Michael Swack outline a path to conventional equity for CDFIs.
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Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Economic Development |
| Behavioral Finance of Impact Investing Donor-advised funds present a unique opportunity to promote impact investing into the local community, including Community Development Financial Institutions that serve their local communities.
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Center for Impact Finance | Community Development Finance, Economic Development |
| Rural Areas with Seasonal Homes Hit Hard by COVID-19 In this data snapshot, author Jess Carson finds that rural counties where at least 25 percent of the housing units are for seasonal use are hit especially hard by COVID-19 compared with urban and other kinds of rural counties.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | Community Development, COVID-19, Economic Development, Rural |
| CDFIs Can Make the SBA PPP Loan Program Work for Smaller, Minority-Owned, and Women-Owned, Small Businesses As currently being implemented by the Small Business Administration, the loans made available through the $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program, part of the CARES Act recently enacted to address the COVID-19 crisis, are likely to significantly bypass smaller small… |
Center for Impact Finance, COVID-19 | Community Development, Community Development Finance, COVID-19, Economic Development, Housing, Low Income |
| Mapping State Unemployment In this data snapshot, authors Michael Ettlinger and Jordan Hensley report the relative level of initial unemployment claims for the week ending March 28, and relative “insured unemployment” for the week ending March 21, each as a share of the (February) labor force… |
COVID-19 | COVID-19, Economic Development, Unemployment |
| “My Advice…Is Get Out of Town” In this brief, we use interview and focus group data to explore how residents view the economic opportunities in two rural Northern New England counties and how these opportunities are related to migration patterns.
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Vulnerable Families Research Program | Economic Development, Employment, Income, New England |
| Carsey Perspectives: Local Owners Driving Lasting Solutions As outlined in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, there is an urgent need for mechanisms that effectively scale proven interventions for tackling some of humanity’s toughest challenges (United Nations 2015). While there are exemplary models that have… |
Changemaker Collaborative | Community Development, Economic Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship |
| Carsey Perspectives: Meeting Farmers Where They Are This case study provides an overview of Ziweto Enterprises, a social venture using franchising methodology to scale its growth. The goal of this study is to present a clear picture of how the starting stages of a social franchise can expand and thrive in a developing… |
Changemaker Collaborative | Community Development, Economic Development, Employment, Entrepreneurship |
| Challenge and Hope in the North Country Hit hard by the national decline in natural-resource and manufacturing jobs, North Country communities in northern New Hampshire and bordering areas of Maine and Vermont (Figure 1) continue to face challenges in restructuring their economies.1 A 2008 study classified… |
Community, Environment, and Climate Change, New Hampshire | Community, Economic Development, Migration, New Hampshire, Public Opinion, Rural, Unemployment |
