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Local needs, political tensions and corporate power all get involved in the democratic processes by which Americans govern their communities.
Communities have been laying the groundwork for offshore energy projects for years and counting on the jobs and energy supply.
Instead of disconnected projects driven by external priorities, a country platform enables governments to set the agenda and direct finance to where it is needed.
New taxes are never popular. But unless central government gives local bodies the power to raise more than just rates, budgets will never cover costs.
People’s perceptions of risk shape where businesses choose to locate, new research suggests. Interestingly, conservatives and liberals view risk very differently.
USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power benefits for the US.
The 2024 Nobel prize in economics has been awarded for widely cited research on global inequality – but there are blind spots in this analysis.
A case study of a mainly Latino neighborhood in Houston shows that when residents value a neighborhood as it is, they can forestall large-scale redevelopment.
Aid successfully narrowed gender gaps in nearly every country researchers examined.
If we are to learn one thing from economic history, it’s that protectionism is key to helping poor nations prosper.
The annual Ojude-Oba festival in south-west Nigeria can be further promoted so that the community can derive more benefits.
Tax dollars don’t always go to the communities that need them most.
The modern Mexico–US drug trade is rooted in the unintended consequences of government policy on both sides of the border.
In an era of transformation, manufacturing still matters.
After a 20th-century manufacturing boom, the region has been in a decadeslong decline. Rural factory towns can blame technology and globalization for their woes.
New Zealand is falling well behind Australia in its economic relationship with India. Catching up will require significant political engagement.
Indigenous economic development corporations can generate income for communities and support the transition to clean energy.
After 40 years living under a federal law that denied Maine’s Wabanaki Nations the ability to govern themselves, the tribes have been left out of the prosperity other tribes have attained.
Community wealth building is a direct response to extractive policies and aims to build an economy on the principles of local ownership and control of assets.
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Assistant Professor in Development Studies, University of Cambridge
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Research Active Lecturer, Discipline of Psychology, Charles Darwin University, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business, University of Birmingham
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Teaching Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburg and Visiting Associate Professor, The University of Osaka, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Environment and Society, University of Essex
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Eugene M. Isenberg Chair in Integrative Studies, UMass Amherst
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Academic Director, School for International Training, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Chair Professor of Business Analytics, University of Surrey
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University
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Adjunct professor, Charles Sturt University
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford; Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies; a CEPR Research Fellow; and Professorial Fellow of St Antony’s College, Oxford., University of Oxford
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Chair in Governance, University of Southampton