Revisiting the Promise and Problems of Inner City Economic Development
On September 15-16, 2015, the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Economic Development Quarterly (EDQ) and Sage Publications, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC), convened researchers and practitioners at a conference entitled Revisiting the Promise and Problems of Inner City Economic Development to share knowledge and experiences regarding strategies that can help drive economic growth in inner cities.
View the following:
- Conference summary published in Economic Development Quarterly
- Highlights of research and practice discussed at the meeting
- Blog on Revisiting the Promise and Problems of Inner City Economic Development: The Role of Industry Clusters
- Blog on Revisiting the Promise and Problems of Inner City Economic Development, Day 1: Setting the Stage by Focusing on Detroit
- Conference presentations