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This literature review is the starting point for a significant piece of research that aims to find out the success factors, the barriers, and what is needed – to build a…
This paper is the latest version of a paper first written in 2010 Expressions such as the solidarity economy, the social economy or the social and solidarity economy have been…
The Canadian Centre for Financial Literacy has published a report finding there is substantial, if not yet extensive, evidence that community financial literacy interventions can make an important contribution to…
The challenges of economic transformation are being felt around the world. Prospering in this shifting environment requires an approach to economic development that recognizes that this issue cannot be addressed…
The power and promise of the community development corporation (CDC) lies in the way residents can use it to co-ordinate and focus all the energy that people and organizations, near…
This document brings together a collection of social and community well-being indicators that are intended as a resource for community development organizations in designing and developing evaluation within their programs…
This document is a collection of five case studies – including Tamarack’s Vibrant Communities — of organizations and programs that are doing evaluation. These case studies are not necessarily best…
You know the old saying, “One person’s waste is another’s treasure”. Imagine if the treasure didn’t have to be buried and later found. Instead, it was simply donated to someone…
Summary This paper outlines current social finance and investment in the social economy followed by identification of opportunities and challenges for the social finance marketplace in Canada. In the Social…
Summary Building a people-centred economy depends on the creation, consolidation and expansion of enterprises whose primary goals are to respond to the needs and aspirations of citizens in communities across…
Accelerating Impact, a report prepared by E.T. Jackson and Associates and commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation as part of a third-party evaluation of our Impact Investing initiative, provides one of…
This article is an empirical analysis of an individual’s decision to participate in community economic development (CED) initiatives in Canada. The objective of the analysis is to better understand how…
