The Economic Impact of U.S. Microbusinesses
This article explores entrepreneurship as the engine behind innovation, productivity and job creation. Finding that "more Americans are becoming entrepreneur...
October 8, 2020
Steep Climb to Economic Opportunity for Vulnerable Families
This report summarizes the key findings of the 2016 Assets & Opportunity Scorecard as it relates to the racial wealth divide. The Scorecard's five issue area...
July 29, 2020
African American Financial Capability Initiative: An Implementation Blueprint
This blueprint emphasizes income disparity and wealth inequality for African Americans that transfers to multi-generational poverty. It's implementation guid...
May 4, 2020
Getting Big Impact from Big Data
This article focuses on the transformation and potential challenges that can occur when new technology is adopted into businesses. Data analytics provide eff...
May 4, 2020
Start Us Up: America’s New Business Plan
America's New Business Plan explores the importance of entrepreneurs in the growth of the US economy. This guide provides a four-part entrepreneurship plan t...
May 4, 2020
Bend, Don”t Break: Small Business Financial Resilience After Hurricanes Harvey and Irma
This report dials-in on the financial resilience of small businesses after natural disasters, specifically Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. By drawing from the JP...
April 23, 2020
Opportunity Since 1970: A Historical Report
This publication serves as a historical opportunity index that explores opportunity, access income inequality, and barrier factors in obtaining the true Amer...
April 23, 2020
One in Seven: Ranking Youth Disconnection in the 25 Largest Metro Areas
This publication explores the reality of disconnected youth and solutions to increase youth connection at home and abroad. Disconnected youth are young peopl...
April 23, 2020
Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth
Opportunity Youth are youth ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school or participating in the workforce. This report serves as a framework to better help...
April 23, 2020
Criminal Justice Debt – A Toolkit for Action
This toolkit provides an overview of criminal justice debt, who it impacts the most and constitutional violations. The report recommends reforms such as cond...
April 23, 2020
Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier for Reentry
This report analyzes 15 states with the highest prison populations and the effects of "user fees" on individual with criminal convictions. The analysis consi...
April 23, 2020
Charging Inmates Perpetuates Mass Incarceration
This report explores how current practice of charging inmates perpetuates mass incarceration, provides the history of inmate fees and recommends policy repla...
April 23, 2020
European Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan Report
This report provides details about the European Entrepreneurship 2020 Action plan developed to reignite the entrepreneurial spirit to create entrepreneurial ...
April 22, 2020
Country’s Last Black-Owned Banks are in a Fight for their Survival
This article emphasizes the majority of black-owned banks that struggled to hold on during economic downturns for years. The author explores competition, inc...
April 22, 2020
Community Advantage Program Analysis
This analysis explores the Community Advantage pilot which aimed to increase loans to underserved communities. The pilot is scheduled to expire in 2020.
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Evaluating Technical Assistance and Economic Opportunity Outcomes of the Community Advantage Pilot Program
The Community Advantage program of the Office of Capital Access provides small dollar loans to low-income entrepreneurs who need capital. This report explore...
April 22, 2020
Forging Equitable Communities
This article looks at the conditions and underlying causes of racism and racial equity and proposes that solutions to overcome racism cannot be a one size fi...
April 22, 2020
Culture, Collaboration and Capital
This guide provides a toolkit for promoting equal treatment and emphasizes the benefit of diversifying contractors and opening the procurement process. The r...
April 22, 2020
Pathways to Prosperity
This study report explores the pathway to better preparing America's youth for employment preparation. With the increasing rate of jobs that require higher e...
April 22, 2020
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor-2015 US Report
The US Global Entrepreneurship Monitor is to provide the workforce with a better understanding of entrepreneurship. This report explores the finding from the...
April 22, 2020
Building a Skilled Workforce for a Stronger Southern Economy
For states built for low-skilled industries, the global shift an competition creates jobs that requires training beyond high school. Southern states now do n...
April 21, 2020
Harvesting Opportunity
This publication explores regional food system investments. The report analyzes local food demand and equity, the perils of unused capacity and what the past...
April 21, 2020
Political Economy of Education, Financial Literacy, and the Racial Wealth Gap
The article consists of examinations of political discourse around the racial wealth gap. Included in that exploration is discussion of the impact of individ...
April 21, 2020
Economic Mobility Research and Ideas of Strengthening Families Communities and the Economy
This publication explores the impact of economic mobility as the center to the American economy. The status of economic mobility, how it differs across the p...
April 21, 2020
What is the Economic Impact of the Slowdown in New Business Formation
This article examines the slowdown of new business formation and it's economic impact. The authors believe the engine of growth lies in the opening of new fi...
April 21, 2020
Black-White Differences in Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the US
This study uses different data sets to better understand racial economic status gap between blacks and whites through an intergenerational perspective. This ...
April 21, 2020
Identifying Opportunity Occupations in the Nation’s Largest Metropolitan Economies
This paper explores the likelihood of workers without a four-year college degree being offered decent-paying jobs in the 100 largest metropolitan areas. Key ...
April 21, 2020
Small Business Credit Survey – Report on Minority Owned Firms 2019
This annual report on the Small Business Credit Survey explores financing and challenges that face minority-owned firms. Small business ownership and entrepr...
April 21, 2020
Income and Poverty in the U.S. 2016
Using the U.S. Census data, this publication investigates United States household incomes as they relate to race, gender and generational poverty. Key findin...
April 21, 2020
US Counties with Thriving Small Businesses Have Healthier Residents
U.S. counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations — with lower rates of mortality, obes...
April 21, 2020
Small Business Owner Report 2016
This semi-annual report explores the challenges, successes and perspectives of small business owners across the country. This report looks closely at the rol...
April 21, 2020