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February 2003, No. 186a
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Last Updated: 01/23/2003

Strategies for Improving the Midwest Workforce (Midwest Infrastructure Issue)

Rick Mattoon

Workforce issues are critical to regional economic development. The Midwest faces a number of challenges in attracting and retaining skilled workers, training new entrants to the workforce and retraining displaced workers for a successful transition to new employment. How the region should respond to these challenges was the subject of a recent Chicago Fed conference.

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