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This is one of the Canadian CED Network’s CED in Manitoba Profiles Project produced 50 stories of Manitoba communities working to build fairer and stronger local economies, reduce poverty, and revitalize neighbourhoods. One…
This report is a result of research conducted in partnership with Public Interest on how to support the entrepreneurial activity of immigrants living in the City of Toronto. Results of…
Alternative/Training Businesses : New Practice /New Directions is a project that has been carried out in 1998-1999. It brought together researchers and practitioners from universities and the community sectors in…
Commissioned by the British Columbia division of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, this study analyzes the market share and economic impact of the province’s independent retailers and restaurants. It…
A data set for U.S. counties that includes residence status of firm owners is used to assess whether per capita density of locally owned businesses affects local economic growth, compared…
In this paper, the authors evaluate the prospects of small business-driven job creation by assessing the link between small business and population health, an alternative measure of economic development. They…
In this paper the authors test the hypothesis that local economic concentration is associated with decreased levels of civic participation. They define economic concentration as a social context in which…
It is generally accepted by economic development professionals and municipal officials that new real estate development will not only enhance the economic base of the community, but that it will…
Financial cooperatives have fared better than the investor-owned banks in times of crisis. Savings and credit cooperatives, cooperative banks and credit unions have grown, kept credit flowing especially to small…
Women’s Venture, a self-employment training program, decreases the likelihood participants will need government assistance, subsidized health care and other support services in the future while increasing the likelihood they will…
A new report from PolicyLink examines the economic development benefits of improving healthy food access. Authors Erin Hagan and Victor Rubin argue that new grocery stores, corner stores, farmer’s markets,…
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ (FCM) Municipal Partners for Economic Development (MPED) is a five-year program (2010–15) designed to support sustainable and equitable economic development in seven developing countries in…
