Over the past 40 years, poverty among the inhabitants of U.S. inner cities has remained stubbornly resistant to public policy prescriptions. Especially for African Americans and Latinos, the gap between their economic well-being and that of the mainstream has widened despite persistent and...

Books reviewed: Paul C. Cheshire and Edwin S. Mills (eds.), Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics, Vol. 3: Applied Urban Economics Donald G. Janelle and David C. Hodge (eds.), Information, Place, and Cyberspace: Issues in Accessibility Carey McWilliams, California: The Great Exception Office...

Despite the large numbers of organizations claiming to promote economic development at the neighborhood level, there is little conceptual foundation for the idea. Substantial arguments can be made for alternative bases for economic development at the city or regional level, in contrast to...

Think tanks (policy research institutes) in the U.S. have played a role in policy making for almost 100 years, though most date from after WWII. At the state level, however, they have been much less prominent, and their activity in regional research has been limited. Three types of state level...

The theory and practice of local economic development has undergone a transformation in the United States over the past ten years. Instead of an emphasis on attracting outside investment in manufacturing, the new theory concentrates on enhancing a local community's ability to create and retain...