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Enterprise believes that opportunity begins when people have a safe, stable and affordable place to call home. It grows with access to jobs and transit, education, and quality health care….
The report, entitled, “Richmond Opens the Door to Economic Opportunity and Security” was authored by Sharon Cornu, a leading East Bay public policy expert and senior consultant at the Center. According…
Many people are understandably encouraged by the tone of the climate negotiations in Paris: governments are finally taking climate change seriously, and are even expressing a willingness to take concrete…
Living Cities developed the free Cross-Sector Partnership Assessment to help those engaged in cross-sector partnerships, particularly collective impact partnerships, understand how to best work with stakeholders to achieve dramatically better…
Local governments are faced with a tsunami of Sharing Economy activities. This roadmap helps local governments across North America strategically engage to foster more sustainable cities. It’s also useful to…
Across Canada, there is a severe shortage of decent quality housing that is affordable to those with low incomes, and much of the housing that is available is inadequate, even…
In the UK, a number of places have not responded effectively to economic decline or have not taken advantage of the opportunity to grow and develop in a sustainable way. These places have often…
Established in 2000, Neighbourhoods Alive! (NA!) is the Manitoba Government’s long term community development strategy. NA! represents a paradigm shift within the public sector. Rather than isolated programs being unilaterally administered to…
An UNRISD Workshop in Collaboration with FES and ILO Recent financial crises have brought to light the social and environmental harm that can be caused by instability in the financial…
Indigenous North Americans continue to be overrepresented among those who are poor, unemployed, and with low levels of education. This has long been an issue of concern for Indigenous people…
Cities need partners. At a time when local governments are confronting challenges on multiple fronts ranging from rising inequality to fast-moving global economic tides and reduced state and federal support,…
Through a social impact bond (SIB), an “impact investor “ provides the program funding for a social program over a period of years (typically 5- 7). If the “service delivery…
