Canadian CED Network

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The Inclusive City: Approaches to combat urban poverty and social exclusion in Europe

The European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN) presented at the beginning of the Italian Presidency of the EU a report on the socio-economic and spatial dimensions of poverty in Europe. The…
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Canadian Social Policy in the 2000s: Bringing Place In

This article explores departures in Canadian public policy toward more “place-based” approaches to social development.Focusing on the federal government, it describes a series of recent initiatives designed to enable local…
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OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation: Employment and Skills Strategies in Canada

Employment and Skills Strategies in Canada focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. This report looks at the range of…
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Regional Policy Frameworks of Social Solidarity Economy in South America

This paper looks at how the social and solidarity economy (SSE) discourse has been deployed at a regional level by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and Southern American…
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Cities at Work: Progressive Local Policies to Rebuild the Middle Class

In a new report from the Center for American Progress, Joel Rogers and Satya Rhodes-Conway of the Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) outline policies that cities can adopt to become…
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OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation: Employment and Skills Strategies in Ireland

Employment and Skills Strategies in Ireland focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. This report looks at the range of…
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OECD Reviews on Local Jobs Creation: Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia

Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. It looks at the role of Local…
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Saving Money by Doing the Right Thing: Why ‘Local by Default’ Must Replace ‘Diseconomies of Scale’

Public services work poorly. Every day the press carries stories of failure, waste and basic human needs unmet. Health, social care and children’s services are buckling, while local authorities cut…
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Community Economic Development and Poverty in Canada: Government and Policy

This study takes advantage of many years of direct action research, based in consulting and working with people across Ontario and Canada and focused generally at looking at the experience…
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State Hiring Credits

David Neumark and Diego Grijalva of the University of California, Irvine examine state hiring credits and provide recommendations on the most effective ways credits should be structured in order to…
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Economic Inclusion: Advancing an Equity-Driven Growth Model

Sarah Treuhaft and Victor Rubin of PolicyLink explore the role that infusing economic inclusion into large-scale economic development and job creation at the national, state and regional policy levels can…
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Talent Development Strategies

Sallie Glickman, Joseph Semsar and Samuel Williford at Fels Research and Consulting at the University of Pennsylvania explore innovative strategies that have the potential to alleviate job-skill mismatches, especially for…