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Unaffordable and Unsustainable: The New Business Lending
AUTHOR: Opportunity Fund
YEAR: 2016
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As banks have cut back on lending to small businesses, a new breed of predatory lenders have emerged who use loopholes in commercial loan regulatio
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The Effects of Skewed Growth on Household Incomes
AUTHOR: Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
YEAR: 2016
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This factsheet shows that starting in the late 1970s, income growth slowed for most Americans except for those at the highest income levels.
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Broad-Based Ownership Models as Tools for Job Creation and Community Development
AUTHOR: Marjorie Kelly, Steve Dubb, and Violeta Duncan for The…
YEAR: 2016
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Report explores six different shared ownership models for businesses and community development that would improve inclusivity in America's economy
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Race to Equity: The State of Black Massachusetts
AUTHOR: Nicole Rodriguez, Colin Jones, and Nancy Wagman,…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report presents a snapshot of how Black communities and other communities of color are doing in terms of education, economic opportunity and health
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Too Good to be True? The Opportunity and Cost of the $1 Building
AUTHOR: Technical Development Corp, Kresge Foundation Arts…
YEAR: 2015
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Report explores outcomes of acquiring "Dollar buildings," buildings obtained at a cost much lower than market rate for arts & culture organizat
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Tipping the Scale: How Assets Shape Economic Opportunity for Women and Families
AUTHOR: Brandeis Institute on Assets and Social Policy:…
YEAR: 2015
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Report uses longitudinal data to examine how access to assets at the personal, institutional and neighborhood level affects economic outcomes for w
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Promoting Opportunity through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Barriers to Success and Best Practices for Implementation
AUTHOR: Enterprise: John K. Hersey, Program Officer, Transit-…
YEAR: 2015
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Report covers the barriers to equitable transit oriented development as well as case studies of successful collaborative efforts to achieve more eq
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Demographics of Wealth: How Age, Education and Race Separate Thrivers from Strugglers in Today’s Economy
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
YEAR: 2015
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Drawing from the Federal Reserve’s triennial Survey of Consumer Finances, which includes data from over 40,000 families (spanning 1989 to 2013), th
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Weathering the Great Recession: A CDFI Case Study in Patient Capital
AUTHOR: Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan, Low Income Investment Fund…
YEAR: 2015
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Learn about how CDFIs have fared The Great Recession successfully, with a focus on the low income investment fund, a CDFI that practices a proactiv
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The High Public Cost of Low Wages
AUTHOR: UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education…
YEAR: 2015
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Report examines the link between low wages, reduced employer provision of health insurance and the use of public benefit programs.
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Consumers and Mobile Financial Services 2015
AUTHOR: The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report covers consumer behavior of using mobile banking across the United States
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Increasing Local Food Procurement by Massachusetts State Agencies
AUTHOR: Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
YEAR: 2015
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Report contains policy recommendations to make it easier for state agencies to source food from local producers
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Scrimping + Saving: A report on ﬁnancial access, attitudes and behaviors of low- and moderate-income Asian Americans and Paciﬁc Islanders
AUTHOR: National CAPACD
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at financial capability and access of low-income Asian American communities in the United States
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#BlackWorkersMatter
AUTHOR: Discount Foundation and Neighborhood Funders Group…
YEAR: 2015
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This six section report covers the history of black worker organizing, the black jobs crisis and recommendations to improve the economic prosperity
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Exploring the Economic and Health Impacts of Local Food Procurement
AUTHOR: Crossroads Resource Center and Illinois Public Health…
YEAR: 2015
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Report compiles research and case studies to examine the economic and health impacts of the local food sourcing movement on communities.
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Building Sustainable Communities: Integrated Services and Improved Financial Outcomes for Low-Income Households
AUTHOR: Local Initiatives Support Corporation
YEAR: 2015
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In this report LISC examines the impact of its financial opportunity centers, which include bundled services that focused on employment, income sup
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Low-Income Working Families: Racial/Ethnic Divide
AUTHOR: The Working Poor Families Project
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report looks at the growing economic divide between America's major racial groups, showing that famillies headed by racial and ethnic minorities ar
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Secure Jobs for Homeless Families
AUTHOR: Institute on Assets and Social Policy, Brandeis…
YEAR: 2015
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Policy brief covers changes and challenges to the
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The Route to Growth: Capacity Investments Critical for Region's Future
AUTHOR: Transportation for Massachusetts
YEAR: 2015
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Brief notes the importance of capacity building in the MBTA to ensure the long term economic growth of the region
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Financial Empowerment in a Thriving Community Development Network
AUTHOR: NACEDA
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report showcases how community development associations throughout the country engage in financial empowerment
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The Color of Wealth in Boston
AUTHOR: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
YEAR: 2015
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Report looks at wealth among Boston's racial and ethnic communities to show how wealth inequality disproportionately affects Boston's different sub
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CDFIs Stepping Into the Breach: An Impact Evaluation- Summary Report
AUTHOR: Michael Swack, Eric Hangen and Jack Northup,…
YEAR: 2015
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Report examines the outcomes of CDFIs across the country and finds that they move capital to distressed communities much more than other lenders an
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The Racial Wealth Gap: Why Policy Matters
AUTHOR: ISP, Brandeis University and Demos
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Report provides a systemic analysis of the public policies that offer the most potential for reducing the racial wealth gap
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Scaling up the Cooperative Movement
AUTHOR: Grassroots Economic Organizing with The Democracy…
YEAR: 2015
DESCRIPTION:
Electronic book addresses how the cooperative movement can be scaled up without losing its core values
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