This presentation, delivered by Bob Weissbourd to the Economic Development Foundations Working Group of Cook County, provides an overview of how the different pieces of the economy fit together and how to understand them in the regional context. The bulk of the presentation specifically examines the Chicago region's economy and suggests ways in which Cook County might support economic development through actions in its own businesses, in its economic development programming and through new initiatives and partnerships.
"Originally developed as a two-day training for HUD Choice Neighborhood program grantees, this presentation was delivered to grantees from NeighborWorks America's Catalytic Grant Program. The training presents the rationale and structure of a new approach to comprehensive neighborhood economic development: ""neighborhood business planning."" After walking through the effects and implications of the transition to the knowledge economy, the presentation provides a framework for seeing neighborhoods as dynamic systems whose role in the economy is to develop and deploy assets (e.g., workers, businesses) into larger markets.
An overview of neighborhood types and their unique roles within regions follows, along with data on the typical trajectories of different neighborhood types. Sections on each of five market levers (human capital, clusters, innovation and entrepreneurship, urban growth form and governance) show how the development of neighborhood goals, market analysis, strategies and initiatives can create neighborhoods of opportunity in connection with their region. Local-facing issues like housing, retail and other amenities are examined in relation to their effect on creating neighborhoods of choice that certain populations are attracted to, influencing a neighborhood's type and trajectory. The presentation concludes with an overview of the most comprehensive application of neighborhood business planning to-date: the Greater Chatham Initiative."
Regions Charting New Directions: Metropolitan Business PlanningRWVentures
Delivered at the Winter meeting of the Mayor's Innovation Project, this presentation considers the questions that regions should answer in order to understand their unique opportunities for economic growth.
Positioning Your Neighborhood for Economic DevelopmentRWVentures
This document outlines strategic development scenarios for redeveloping an underutilized site owned by the Casey Foundation in Atlanta. Four scenarios are presented: a regional distribution hub, a mixed white/blue collar business services hub, a blue-collar innovation hub, and a mixed-use food development. Tradeoffs of each are analyzed based on job creation, quality and accessibility; market viability; connectivity; and catalytic potential. Three scenarios - a mixed B2B hub, blue-collar innovation hub, and mixed-use food development - were prioritized. A developer has been selected to create a final development scheme integrating priorities around jobs, sustainability, connectivity, and leadership.
Regions Charting New Directions: Metropolitan Business PlanningRWVentures
The document discusses a presentation on metropolitan business planning for the Milwaukee 7 regional economic development collaboration. It provides an overview of the drivers of the modern economy, including the importance of knowledge assets, human capital, and technology. It then analyzes key factors for metropolitan economic growth, including industry clusters, workforce skills, innovation capacity, and business dynamics in the Milwaukee region. Specific areas for further examination are identified, such as defining regional industry clusters, skills mismatches, barriers to business startups, and strengthening the commercialization of university research.
The South Bend presentation was delivered at the first ever South Bend Economic Summit, co-hosted by the Mayor of South Bend, and the heads of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County and the Corporate Partnership for Economic Growth.
Economic Place-making: How to Develop a "Neighborhood Business Plan"RWVentures
Developed as part of a two-day training for planning and implementation grantees from HUD's Choice Neighborhoods program, this presentation walks through the logic and structure of a new approach to comprehensive neighborhood economic development: "neighborhood business planning." It begins by describing the changes taking place in the knowledge economy, which present opportunities for metropolitan areas and especially urban neighborhoods, and suggest a new approach: neighborhood business planning. The presentation then offers a framework for understanding neighborhoods as dynamic systems whose economic function is to develop and deploy their assets into larger markets.
Retail in Context: Observations from ColumbusRWVentures
Delivered by RW Ventures, Chicago TREND and the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, this pair of training sessions were designed to help communities pursuing retail, industrial land use, small business or other economic development projects think more strategically about how those efforts can align with and leverage other local development activities. The morning session used a case study from Columbus to illustrate how the viability of a retail project can be informed and enhanced by interrelated strategies to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood. The afternoon session used an industrial land redevelopment case study from Atlanta to explore how to connect regional industrial opportunities to neighborhood assets and development - sometimes referred to as "economic place-making."
Market-Based Community Economic DevelopmentRWVentures
This document outlines a framework for using market-based approaches to community economic development. It argues that markets can be leveraged to invest in undervalued assets in low-income communities. The framework involves:
1) Analyzing specific market components and levels like production, exchange, and consumption to identify how to better align market and development goals
2) Identifying "levers" like costs, networks, and information flows that influence market behavior and can be adjusted through activities
3) Choosing activities that target key market levels and levers, like providing alternative credit scoring to reduce risks for lenders.
The goal is to refine markets to include low-income communities by addressing market failures and expanding economic opportunities.
"Originally developed as a two-day training for HUD Choice Neighborhood program grantees, this presentation was delivered to grantees from NeighborWorks America's Catalytic Grant Program. The training presents the rationale and structure of a new approach to comprehensive neighborhood economic development: ""neighborhood business planning."" After walking through the effects and implications of the transition to the knowledge economy, the presentation provides a framework for seeing neighborhoods as dynamic systems whose role in the economy is to develop and deploy assets (e.g., workers, businesses) into larger markets.
An overview of neighborhood types and their unique roles within regions follows, along with data on the typical trajectories of different neighborhood types. Sections on each of five market levers (human capital, clusters, innovation and entrepreneurship, urban growth form and governance) show how the development of neighborhood goals, market analysis, strategies and initiatives can create neighborhoods of opportunity in connection with their region. Local-facing issues like housing, retail and other amenities are examined in relation to their effect on creating neighborhoods of choice that certain populations are attracted to, influencing a neighborhood's type and trajectory. The presentation concludes with an overview of the most comprehensive application of neighborhood business planning to-date: the Greater Chatham Initiative."
Regions Charting New Directions: Metropolitan Business PlanningRWVentures
Delivered at the Winter meeting of the Mayor's Innovation Project, this presentation considers the questions that regions should answer in order to understand their unique opportunities for economic growth.
Positioning Your Neighborhood for Economic DevelopmentRWVentures
This document outlines strategic development scenarios for redeveloping an underutilized site owned by the Casey Foundation in Atlanta. Four scenarios are presented: a regional distribution hub, a mixed white/blue collar business services hub, a blue-collar innovation hub, and a mixed-use food development. Tradeoffs of each are analyzed based on job creation, quality and accessibility; market viability; connectivity; and catalytic potential. Three scenarios - a mixed B2B hub, blue-collar innovation hub, and mixed-use food development - were prioritized. A developer has been selected to create a final development scheme integrating priorities around jobs, sustainability, connectivity, and leadership.
Regions Charting New Directions: Metropolitan Business PlanningRWVentures
The document discusses a presentation on metropolitan business planning for the Milwaukee 7 regional economic development collaboration. It provides an overview of the drivers of the modern economy, including the importance of knowledge assets, human capital, and technology. It then analyzes key factors for metropolitan economic growth, including industry clusters, workforce skills, innovation capacity, and business dynamics in the Milwaukee region. Specific areas for further examination are identified, such as defining regional industry clusters, skills mismatches, barriers to business startups, and strengthening the commercialization of university research.
The South Bend presentation was delivered at the first ever South Bend Economic Summit, co-hosted by the Mayor of South Bend, and the heads of the Chamber of Commerce of St. Joseph County and the Corporate Partnership for Economic Growth.
Economic Place-making: How to Develop a "Neighborhood Business Plan"RWVentures
Developed as part of a two-day training for planning and implementation grantees from HUD's Choice Neighborhoods program, this presentation walks through the logic and structure of a new approach to comprehensive neighborhood economic development: "neighborhood business planning." It begins by describing the changes taking place in the knowledge economy, which present opportunities for metropolitan areas and especially urban neighborhoods, and suggest a new approach: neighborhood business planning. The presentation then offers a framework for understanding neighborhoods as dynamic systems whose economic function is to develop and deploy their assets into larger markets.
Retail in Context: Observations from ColumbusRWVentures
Delivered by RW Ventures, Chicago TREND and the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority, this pair of training sessions were designed to help communities pursuing retail, industrial land use, small business or other economic development projects think more strategically about how those efforts can align with and leverage other local development activities. The morning session used a case study from Columbus to illustrate how the viability of a retail project can be informed and enhanced by interrelated strategies to revitalize the surrounding neighborhood. The afternoon session used an industrial land redevelopment case study from Atlanta to explore how to connect regional industrial opportunities to neighborhood assets and development - sometimes referred to as "economic place-making."
Market-Based Community Economic DevelopmentRWVentures
This document outlines a framework for using market-based approaches to community economic development. It argues that markets can be leveraged to invest in undervalued assets in low-income communities. The framework involves:
1) Analyzing specific market components and levels like production, exchange, and consumption to identify how to better align market and development goals
2) Identifying "levers" like costs, networks, and information flows that influence market behavior and can be adjusted through activities
3) Choosing activities that target key market levels and levers, like providing alternative credit scoring to reduce risks for lenders.
The goal is to refine markets to include low-income communities by addressing market failures and expanding economic opportunities.
This topic cover:
1. Colonialism and Imperialism
2.
This topic cover:
1. Colonialism & Imperialism
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Capital & Technology
4. Competitive Advantage
5. Trade & Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
6. Role of the International Holding Company (MNC's)
Smarter Computing to Support 21st Century Governancejabenjamusibm
Amid fiscal restraint, government agencies around the world are transforming their
organizations to be more responsive to the challenges facing them. This
transformation is guided by four governance imperatives: (1) improving citizen and
business outcomes, (2) managing public resources effectively, (3) strengthening
safety and security, and (4) ensuring a sustainable environment. These imperatives
play out across all the domains of governance, including education, healthcare,
transportation, utilities, national defense, and public safety. The information
technology (IT) applications and operations that support these imperatives place
substantial workload demands on IT infrastructures. Traditional government IT
systems are built to handle a single workload in a single agency, but are unable to
handle the workloads effectively or efficiently, thus impeding a government agency’s
ability to deliver on its imperatives.
Government CIOs need guidance to help them transform their IT infrastructures
to deliver on these imperatives. Smarter Computing, a new approach to transform
IT infrastructures, is based on three fundamental capabilities: Designed for Data,
Tuned to the Task, and Managed in the Cloud. Smarter Computing enables IT
infrastructures to handle multiple types of data for advanced management and
analysis applications, by using IT components optimized to the workloads placed on
them, to support a variety of service creation and delivery models.
Meanwhile, leaders in every industry are adopting Smarter Computing to address
the challenges they face and opportunities presented by a Smarter Planet, and IBM
is helping some of them to implement the approach.
The Corporate Country - A possible view on the future of CapitalismLucio Musacchio
The document discusses opportunities for IBM's strategic development over the next 15-20 years. It analyzes trends in technology, society, politics and the environment that will shape the future. It proposes that IBM establish itself as an "Innovation Business Machine" by using ICT in all sectors and establishing physical locations to engage communities. Key areas of focus would include research on humanity, developing strategic sectors like education, health and sustainability, and creating an IBM network of partner organizations.
This report analyzes the size and growth of the clean economy in the United States and its metropolitan areas between 2003 and 2010. Some key findings include:
1) The clean economy encompasses around 2.7 million jobs across diverse industries like manufacturing, services, and public sector. While modest in size, it grew faster than the overall economy during the recession.
2) Newer cleantech segments like solar, wind, and smart grid grew rapidly but from a small base. The clean economy is concentrated in major metro areas, though it takes different forms across regions.
3) Strong industry clusters boost metro growth. Clustered clean economy establishments grew faster than isolated ones. The report recommends policies to scale up markets
The document discusses 12 emerging technologies that have the potential for widespread economic disruption by 2025. These technologies were selected based on their rate of advancement, potential scope of impact, value that could be affected, and disruptive potential. The technologies include mobile internet, automation of knowledge work, internet of things, cloud technology, advanced robotics, autonomous vehicles, next-generation genomics, energy storage, 3D printing, advanced materials, advanced oil/gas exploration, and renewable energy. Metrics are provided showing how each technology meets the criteria in terms of things like costs reductions, growth rates, potential users/industries affected, and value of associated markets.
The document discusses several theories of urban development:
1) Agrarian theory emphasizes the moral superiority of rural agricultural life over urban life, which was seen as materialistic and corrupt. However, the influence of this theory declined with industrialization.
2) Economic base theory explains urban growth through exports of goods and services that bring money into a city from outside, fueling growth in local non-basic industries. It identifies five stages of a city's economic development and specialization.
3) Labor supply theory suggests that industries are drawn to areas with lower labor costs and an available workforce, causing decentralization of factories to lower-cost locations. However, other factors like skills are also important.
Facilitating Intra-OIC trade through T-SDRs: A catalyst for SMEs development ...Mahmoud Sami Nabi
This document proposes using trade-based special drawing rights (T-SDRs) to facilitate intra-OIC trade payments and support SME development. It suggests creating T-SDRs through a regional institution based on 1% of previous year's intra-OIC trade value. T-SDRs would be allocated to countries based on their average intra-OIC trade share over three years and used to electronically settle trade transactions with a 1% commission. Surplus T-SDRs could be invested in sovereign sukuks to provide returns and incentivize increased intra-OIC trade. The proposal recommends starting with pilot country groups and restricting initial T-SDR use to central banks before expanding to
Traditional & rural economic developmentuploadkscrivner
This document summarizes a presentation on economic development given by John Turner. It defines economic development as actions that improve a nation's standard of living and economic health. Traditional industrial development focuses on attracting businesses through incentives, while rural development emphasizes entrepreneurship and niche industries. The key functions of economic development include business attraction and retention, developing community assets, and marketing research. Rural areas can leverage resources like waterways, colleges, and creative industries. Successful development requires identifying a strategy and implementation.
This document provides an overview of New York State's economy and outlines a vision for its future growth. It finds that while the state's overall job numbers have increased, older higher-paying private sector jobs have been replaced by lower-paying public sector positions. To achieve long-term economic renewal across all regions, New York must focus on attracting jobs in the "Innovation Economy" centered around high technology. This will require eliminating restrictions on businesses, lowering costs, and revolutionizing the state's economic development approach led by Empire State Development. ESD faces significant challenges to reposition itself and capitalize on New York's assets to encourage growth in strategic technology-enabled industries that can benefit the entire state.
The widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles will revolutionize transportation systems. This will blur the boundaries between private and public transportation. Autonomous vehicles will change how people travel, offering advantages like greater safety and lower costs. Introducing a fully autonomous vehicle fleet in Vienna would result in significant emissions savings and stabilize mobility costs, though upfront costs may be higher than conventional vehicles. A key challenge will be managing the potential increase in energy consumption and "rebound effect" from changes in mobility behaviors. Assessing new transportation technologies in the future must consider concerns about impacts to the environment, technical risks, and overall ecosystem balance.
Learning in Chinese Cities: Do Rural Migrants Benefit from Labor Market Agglo...STLLab
Cities facilitate learning and human capital accumulation. In a dense, local labor market, workers can benefit from knowledge spillovers and therefore enhance their productivity. This is supported by many empirical studies from developed countries. Less is known in cities in developing countries. Using micro data from the 2004 manufacturing census and 2005 population census in China, we find that overall workers benefit from labor market pooling and knowledge spillovers in Chinese cities but rural migrants benefit much less than do local urban residents. This is not because rural migrants are low skilled or work in informal sectors. This may be because they lack social network and suffer “double discrimination” for being “rural” and being “migrant.” Our findings suggest that social interactions in cities provide a channel of learning alternative to formal schooling. Our findings also have policy implications on how Chinese cities can become “skilled” during the rapid urbanization process coupled with global competition.
A research report from Ericsson and Imperial College London provides an overview of the key technological drivers currently shaping the future of media production, distribution and consumption.
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics赵巍 Wei ZHAO
The document discusses perspectives on capitalism in China from sociological theorists. It analyzes China's economic transition and development through a sociological lens, examining the role of the state, market, and society. Some key points made include:
- China has developed a "socialist market economy" with the Communist party playing a major role in mobilizing resources and directing economic growth. This has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.
- Sociological theorists like Weber, Parsons, Habermas, and Polanyi provide frameworks for understanding the relationship between the economic, political, and social spheres in China's system.
- The state acts as a collective entrepreneur, investing and accumulating capital to drive development while
The document summarizes a strategic plan for the city of Juárez, Mexico. The plan was created through a participatory process involving 14,000 citizens. It outlines a vision for Juárez to become a socially integrated city with a high quality of life and dynamic economy. The plan identifies strategic projects in areas like education, culture, security, and economic development to achieve this vision. However, implementation has faced challenges due to the security and economic crises currently affecting Juárez.
Gravitational Model to Predict the Megalopolis Mobility of the Center of MexicoIJAEMSJORNAL
Since 1950, Mexico has presented an accelerated migration process to the country’s capital, Mexico City. Here is where new settlements emerged increasing its population, and as a positive consequence, employment improved together with provisions. This growth occurred until the 1980s, when a conurbation happened with some municipalities of the State of Mexico, creating the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico. In the beginning of the 21st century, new challenges arose with the integration of more metropolitan areas in the states of Mexico (Valley of Toluca), Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Queretaro. This document is the result of two extensive research projects that took place from 2008 to 2016, along with the population institutions of the states that were integrated. The objective was to demonstrate the existence of the Megalopolis and its operation, based on a socio-demographic model to understand its composition and characteristics. However, when limited to demographic variables, it was difficult to analyze its operation. Therefore, the Gravitational Model was designed to establish the great diversity of mobility relationships to account for the functional composition. Thus, the population mobility that commutes daily to the interior of the Megalopolis will be the fundamental factor to explain its operation.
Agglomeration refers to the concentration of people or economic activity in a particular location. When firms and industries locate near each other, they benefit from economies of agglomeration through increased interactions and lower transportation and coordination costs. This can lead to the formation of manufacturing clusters connected by transport corridors. Concentrating industry provides economic advantages like access to skilled labor and suppliers, but also disadvantages like increased unemployment if demand falls for a specialized industry. Quality of life is an assessment of an individual's well-being that considers factors like health, income, education, environment, and social relationships. It differs from economic measures of living standards and various indicators are used to measure and compare quality of life between places.
The document proposes a new economic framework called Unity in Diversity (UDI-ism) as an alternative to capitalism and planned economies. UDI-ism aims to internalize externalities by including social costs (Tier 2 costs) in pricing through methods like pollution taxes. This would incentivize choices that minimize total direct and social costs (UDI costs), better aligning private gains with public welfare. The system would also dampen boom-bust cycles through longer time horizons imposed by Tier 2 stakeholders. All parties, including investors, communities and customers, could benefit under this approach.
Cities Charting New Directions: Metropolitan Business PlanningRWVentures
The Metropolitan Business Planning initiative, co-developed by The Brookings Institution and RW Ventures, continues to generate great interest at the local, state and federal levels. Bob Weissbourd has been presenting the concept and framework to audiences of public policy decision makers, as well as non-profit, civic and private-sector leaders both in the U.S. and abroad. Among the more recent presentations are the two below, prepared for the London School of Economics' City Reformers Group Workshop and the Brookings-hosted event, "Metropolitan Business Plans: A New Approach to Economic Growth."
"Metro-Economics": Towards a "Unified Field Theory"RWVentures
This presentation was delivered by Bob Weissbourd as part of the Portland Plan -- Inspiring Community Series. The speech begins to tie together the various pieces of economic development -- from neighborhoods to regions, equity to prosperity, human capital to clusters -- into a comprehensive, integrated, practical approach to metropolitan economic growth.
This topic cover:
1. Colonialism and Imperialism
2.
This topic cover:
1. Colonialism & Imperialism
2. Industrial Revolution
3. Capital & Technology
4. Competitive Advantage
5. Trade & Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
6. Role of the International Holding Company (MNC's)
Smarter Computing to Support 21st Century Governancejabenjamusibm
Amid fiscal restraint, government agencies around the world are transforming their
organizations to be more responsive to the challenges facing them. This
transformation is guided by four governance imperatives: (1) improving citizen and
business outcomes, (2) managing public resources effectively, (3) strengthening
safety and security, and (4) ensuring a sustainable environment. These imperatives
play out across all the domains of governance, including education, healthcare,
transportation, utilities, national defense, and public safety. The information
technology (IT) applications and operations that support these imperatives place
substantial workload demands on IT infrastructures. Traditional government IT
systems are built to handle a single workload in a single agency, but are unable to
handle the workloads effectively or efficiently, thus impeding a government agency’s
ability to deliver on its imperatives.
Government CIOs need guidance to help them transform their IT infrastructures
to deliver on these imperatives. Smarter Computing, a new approach to transform
IT infrastructures, is based on three fundamental capabilities: Designed for Data,
Tuned to the Task, and Managed in the Cloud. Smarter Computing enables IT
infrastructures to handle multiple types of data for advanced management and
analysis applications, by using IT components optimized to the workloads placed on
them, to support a variety of service creation and delivery models.
Meanwhile, leaders in every industry are adopting Smarter Computing to address
the challenges they face and opportunities presented by a Smarter Planet, and IBM
is helping some of them to implement the approach.
The Corporate Country - A possible view on the future of CapitalismLucio Musacchio
The document discusses opportunities for IBM's strategic development over the next 15-20 years. It analyzes trends in technology, society, politics and the environment that will shape the future. It proposes that IBM establish itself as an "Innovation Business Machine" by using ICT in all sectors and establishing physical locations to engage communities. Key areas of focus would include research on humanity, developing strategic sectors like education, health and sustainability, and creating an IBM network of partner organizations.
This report analyzes the size and growth of the clean economy in the United States and its metropolitan areas between 2003 and 2010. Some key findings include:
1) The clean economy encompasses around 2.7 million jobs across diverse industries like manufacturing, services, and public sector. While modest in size, it grew faster than the overall economy during the recession.
2) Newer cleantech segments like solar, wind, and smart grid grew rapidly but from a small base. The clean economy is concentrated in major metro areas, though it takes different forms across regions.
3) Strong industry clusters boost metro growth. Clustered clean economy establishments grew faster than isolated ones. The report recommends policies to scale up markets
The document discusses 12 emerging technologies that have the potential for widespread economic disruption by 2025. These technologies were selected based on their rate of advancement, potential scope of impact, value that could be affected, and disruptive potential. The technologies include mobile internet, automation of knowledge work, internet of things, cloud technology, advanced robotics, autonomous vehicles, next-generation genomics, energy storage, 3D printing, advanced materials, advanced oil/gas exploration, and renewable energy. Metrics are provided showing how each technology meets the criteria in terms of things like costs reductions, growth rates, potential users/industries affected, and value of associated markets.
The document discusses several theories of urban development:
1) Agrarian theory emphasizes the moral superiority of rural agricultural life over urban life, which was seen as materialistic and corrupt. However, the influence of this theory declined with industrialization.
2) Economic base theory explains urban growth through exports of goods and services that bring money into a city from outside, fueling growth in local non-basic industries. It identifies five stages of a city's economic development and specialization.
3) Labor supply theory suggests that industries are drawn to areas with lower labor costs and an available workforce, causing decentralization of factories to lower-cost locations. However, other factors like skills are also important.
Facilitating Intra-OIC trade through T-SDRs: A catalyst for SMEs development ...Mahmoud Sami Nabi
This document proposes using trade-based special drawing rights (T-SDRs) to facilitate intra-OIC trade payments and support SME development. It suggests creating T-SDRs through a regional institution based on 1% of previous year's intra-OIC trade value. T-SDRs would be allocated to countries based on their average intra-OIC trade share over three years and used to electronically settle trade transactions with a 1% commission. Surplus T-SDRs could be invested in sovereign sukuks to provide returns and incentivize increased intra-OIC trade. The proposal recommends starting with pilot country groups and restricting initial T-SDR use to central banks before expanding to
Traditional & rural economic developmentuploadkscrivner
This document summarizes a presentation on economic development given by John Turner. It defines economic development as actions that improve a nation's standard of living and economic health. Traditional industrial development focuses on attracting businesses through incentives, while rural development emphasizes entrepreneurship and niche industries. The key functions of economic development include business attraction and retention, developing community assets, and marketing research. Rural areas can leverage resources like waterways, colleges, and creative industries. Successful development requires identifying a strategy and implementation.
This document provides an overview of New York State's economy and outlines a vision for its future growth. It finds that while the state's overall job numbers have increased, older higher-paying private sector jobs have been replaced by lower-paying public sector positions. To achieve long-term economic renewal across all regions, New York must focus on attracting jobs in the "Innovation Economy" centered around high technology. This will require eliminating restrictions on businesses, lowering costs, and revolutionizing the state's economic development approach led by Empire State Development. ESD faces significant challenges to reposition itself and capitalize on New York's assets to encourage growth in strategic technology-enabled industries that can benefit the entire state.
The widespread adoption of autonomous vehicles will revolutionize transportation systems. This will blur the boundaries between private and public transportation. Autonomous vehicles will change how people travel, offering advantages like greater safety and lower costs. Introducing a fully autonomous vehicle fleet in Vienna would result in significant emissions savings and stabilize mobility costs, though upfront costs may be higher than conventional vehicles. A key challenge will be managing the potential increase in energy consumption and "rebound effect" from changes in mobility behaviors. Assessing new transportation technologies in the future must consider concerns about impacts to the environment, technical risks, and overall ecosystem balance.
Learning in Chinese Cities: Do Rural Migrants Benefit from Labor Market Agglo...STLLab
Cities facilitate learning and human capital accumulation. In a dense, local labor market, workers can benefit from knowledge spillovers and therefore enhance their productivity. This is supported by many empirical studies from developed countries. Less is known in cities in developing countries. Using micro data from the 2004 manufacturing census and 2005 population census in China, we find that overall workers benefit from labor market pooling and knowledge spillovers in Chinese cities but rural migrants benefit much less than do local urban residents. This is not because rural migrants are low skilled or work in informal sectors. This may be because they lack social network and suffer “double discrimination” for being “rural” and being “migrant.” Our findings suggest that social interactions in cities provide a channel of learning alternative to formal schooling. Our findings also have policy implications on how Chinese cities can become “skilled” during the rapid urbanization process coupled with global competition.
A research report from Ericsson and Imperial College London provides an overview of the key technological drivers currently shaping the future of media production, distribution and consumption.
Capitalism with Chinese Characteristics赵巍 Wei ZHAO
The document discusses perspectives on capitalism in China from sociological theorists. It analyzes China's economic transition and development through a sociological lens, examining the role of the state, market, and society. Some key points made include:
- China has developed a "socialist market economy" with the Communist party playing a major role in mobilizing resources and directing economic growth. This has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.
- Sociological theorists like Weber, Parsons, Habermas, and Polanyi provide frameworks for understanding the relationship between the economic, political, and social spheres in China's system.
- The state acts as a collective entrepreneur, investing and accumulating capital to drive development while
The document summarizes a strategic plan for the city of Juárez, Mexico. The plan was created through a participatory process involving 14,000 citizens. It outlines a vision for Juárez to become a socially integrated city with a high quality of life and dynamic economy. The plan identifies strategic projects in areas like education, culture, security, and economic development to achieve this vision. However, implementation has faced challenges due to the security and economic crises currently affecting Juárez.
Gravitational Model to Predict the Megalopolis Mobility of the Center of MexicoIJAEMSJORNAL
Since 1950, Mexico has presented an accelerated migration process to the country’s capital, Mexico City. Here is where new settlements emerged increasing its population, and as a positive consequence, employment improved together with provisions. This growth occurred until the 1980s, when a conurbation happened with some municipalities of the State of Mexico, creating the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico. In the beginning of the 21st century, new challenges arose with the integration of more metropolitan areas in the states of Mexico (Valley of Toluca), Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, Tlaxcala and Queretaro. This document is the result of two extensive research projects that took place from 2008 to 2016, along with the population institutions of the states that were integrated. The objective was to demonstrate the existence of the Megalopolis and its operation, based on a socio-demographic model to understand its composition and characteristics. However, when limited to demographic variables, it was difficult to analyze its operation. Therefore, the Gravitational Model was designed to establish the great diversity of mobility relationships to account for the functional composition. Thus, the population mobility that commutes daily to the interior of the Megalopolis will be the fundamental factor to explain its operation.
Agglomeration refers to the concentration of people or economic activity in a particular location. When firms and industries locate near each other, they benefit from economies of agglomeration through increased interactions and lower transportation and coordination costs. This can lead to the formation of manufacturing clusters connected by transport corridors. Concentrating industry provides economic advantages like access to skilled labor and suppliers, but also disadvantages like increased unemployment if demand falls for a specialized industry. Quality of life is an assessment of an individual's well-being that considers factors like health, income, education, environment, and social relationships. It differs from economic measures of living standards and various indicators are used to measure and compare quality of life between places.
The document proposes a new economic framework called Unity in Diversity (UDI-ism) as an alternative to capitalism and planned economies. UDI-ism aims to internalize externalities by including social costs (Tier 2 costs) in pricing through methods like pollution taxes. This would incentivize choices that minimize total direct and social costs (UDI costs), better aligning private gains with public welfare. The system would also dampen boom-bust cycles through longer time horizons imposed by Tier 2 stakeholders. All parties, including investors, communities and customers, could benefit under this approach.
Cities Charting New Directions: Metropolitan Business PlanningRWVentures
The Metropolitan Business Planning initiative, co-developed by The Brookings Institution and RW Ventures, continues to generate great interest at the local, state and federal levels. Bob Weissbourd has been presenting the concept and framework to audiences of public policy decision makers, as well as non-profit, civic and private-sector leaders both in the U.S. and abroad. Among the more recent presentations are the two below, prepared for the London School of Economics' City Reformers Group Workshop and the Brookings-hosted event, "Metropolitan Business Plans: A New Approach to Economic Growth."
"Metro-Economics": Towards a "Unified Field Theory"RWVentures
This presentation was delivered by Bob Weissbourd as part of the Portland Plan -- Inspiring Community Series. The speech begins to tie together the various pieces of economic development -- from neighborhoods to regions, equity to prosperity, human capital to clusters -- into a comprehensive, integrated, practical approach to metropolitan economic growth.
Delivered at the Winter meeting of the Mayor's Innovation Project, this presentation considers the questions that regions should answer in order to understand their unique opportunities for economic growth.
This document provides an overview and analysis of a plan for economic growth and jobs in the Chicago region. It begins with establishing the foundations for economic growth planning by outlining the characteristics of the emerging "next economy" which is driven by knowledge, dynamism, and globalization. It identifies that metropolitan regions have become the key units of economic competition in this new global environment. The document then provides an analysis of the Chicago economy across various industry clusters, human capital, innovation, infrastructure, and institutions. Based on this analysis, it proposes 10 transformative strategies for growth in areas such as advanced manufacturing, business services, transportation/logistics, tourism, exports, workforce development, innovation/entrepreneurship, and infrastructure investment. It
This draft plan for economic growth and jobs in the Chicago region was developed by World Business Chicago and a steering committee at the request of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The plan analyzes the region's economy, identifies 10 strategies to drive future growth, and outlines an implementation approach. The strategies aim to strengthen sectors like advanced manufacturing, business services, transportation and logistics, and tourism by fostering innovation, developing workforce skills, and investing in infrastructure. The plan seeks input from stakeholders across the region to ensure inclusive, collaborative economic development.
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On June 11-16, several important international events were organized and they are expected
to contribute to Ukraine's resilience and victory: URC2024, the G7 meeting, and the Global
Peace Summit.
According to the IER, real GDP growth slowed slightly to 3.5% yoy in May compared to 4.2%
yoy in April due to significant damage caused by russian attacks on electricity generation.
Restrictions on electricity supply to industry and the population continue: efficient consumption
and the installation of decentralized power generation capacities are a priority.
The Ukrainian Sea Corridor allows an increase in the exports of ores and metallurgical products.
Foreign aid was the lowest in May. However, already in June Ukraine should receive about
USD 4 bn in loans.
In May, as in the previous three months, consumer inflation was slightly above 3% (3.3% yoy).
In June, the NBU again reduced the discount rate – from 13.5% to 13% per annum.
The hryvnia exchange rate has surpassed UAH 40 per dollar due to the growing demand for
cash currency.
The IER is preparing the pub
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Cryptocurrency: Revolutionizing the Financial Landscape and Shaping the Future
Cryptocurrency, a digital or virtual form of currency that uses cryptography for security, has revolutionized the financial landscape. Originating with Bitcoin's inception in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, cryptocurrencies have grown from niche curiosities to mainstream financial instruments, reshaping how we think about money, transactions, and the global economy.
#### The Genesis of Cryptocurrency
The birth of Bitcoin marked the beginning of the cryptocurrency era. Unlike traditional currencies issued by governments and controlled by central banks, Bitcoin operates on a decentralized network using blockchain technology. This technology ensures transparency, security, and immutability of transactions, fundamentally challenging the centralized financial systems that have dominated for centuries.
Bitcoin was conceived as a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, aimed at providing an alternative to the traditional banking system plagued by inefficiencies, high fees, and lack of transparency. The underlying blockchain technology, a distributed ledger maintained by a network of nodes, ensures that every transaction is recorded and cannot be altered, thus providing a secure and transparent financial system.
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4. Poverty and Economic Development
“… poverty has no causes. Only
prosperity has causes.
Analogically, heat is a result of
active processes; it has causes.
But cold is not the result of any
processes; it is only the absence
of heat. Just so, the great cold of
poverty and economic
stagnation is merely the absence
of economic development. It
can be overcome only if the
relevant economic processes are
in motion.”
-- Jane Jacobs
Photo from Shelf-Basin Interactions
5. Neighborhoods are Nested in Larger Systems
Which Drive the Flows of People and Capital
Neighborhoods arise from the interaction of regional
economic, social and political systems with physical place.
6. •Employment networks
•Entrepreneurial opportunities
•Business, real estate investment
•Expanded products and services
•Competitive, healthy communities
•Undervalued,
underutilized assets
Poverty Productivity
Connectedness
Isolation
LIC economic development reconnects poorer people and
places to the economic mainstream.
Market Failure in Lower Income Communities
8. Strategic economic development designs and delivers the
programs to create a whole greater than the sum of the parts.
Succeed or Fail “In Context” of Each Other
Education
Business Development
Sustainability
Housing
Workforce
Training
Infrastructure
9. Why Metros?
Economic Geography and Place-Based Development
The Goal is Economic Growth
Goal is economic development - that is inclusive and sustainable.
Metros are the means, not the ends
10. The Goal is Economic Growth
Economic Growth Flows from Market Activity
The outputs we care about – jobs, income, assets, sustainability – are
primarily a function of the complex interaction of housing, labor, business
and other market systems, enabled and shaped by government and civic
sector activity
Goal is to improve performance of these systems
Why Metros?
Economic Geography and Place-Based Development
11. The Goal is Economic Growth
Economic Growth Flows from Market Activity
Major Market Systems Operate at the Metro Level
System performance is function of interactions of people and firms in
context of characteristics of place – “on the ground.”
Key geography of many of these systems and interactions is
metropolitan region. (Metro includes, but is more than sum of, its
neighborhoods. Best neighborhood development deploys people and
assets into metro economy, improving both.)
Indeed, one of main reasons for very existence of cities is the
agglomeration benefits of concentrating economic activity – an effect of
place on market performance.
Why Metros?
Economic Geography and Place-Based Development
12. The Goal is Economic Growth
Economic Growth Flows from Market Activity
Major Market Systems Operate at the Metro Level
Improving Metro Economic Performance Entails Customized Analysis and Deliberate
Activity
System and environmental characteristics, opportunities and challenges
“on the ground” vary by place.
Particularly in the knowledge economy, increasing returns and imperfect
competition are giving rise to specialization and divergence. It is more
important than ever to be deliberate and strategic, as the economy no
longer “takes care of itself.”
Why Metros?
Economic Geography and Place-Based Development
13. The Goal is Economic Growth
Economic Growth Flows from Market Activity
Major Market Systems Operate at the Metro Level
Improving Metro Economic Performance Entails Customized Analysis and Deliberate
Activity
Why Metros?
Economic Geography and Place-Based Development
Economic growth entails strengthening metro economies,
and that requires deliberate, ground-up, tailored activity.
17. How Metro Economies Grow
Metro economy = total value of goods and services
produced in the region
Growth is inherently business sector growth (number, size
and profitability of firms)
Business sector grows through firm creation, growth and
location decisions (retention and attraction)
Firm creation, growth and location depend upon increases
in efficiency and productivity (of firm and system, including
product innovation)
Core Question: What attributes of the region increase
efficiency and productivity, leading to business sector growth?
20. Key Systems
(Market processes – housing,
labor, etc.; production
dynamics – clusters, value
chains, etc.; innovation
dynamics - knowledge
creation, networks,
commercialization, etc.)
Local (Regional) Enabling Environment
(Government regulation, tax and public goods, including
particularly infrastructure and education; civic institutions;
qualities of place, including the natural environment; etc.)
Inputs to
Production
(Human capital; real estate;
capital; natural and
knowledge resources; etc.)
Economic Outputs
(Businesses – gross regional
product, profits; households
– wages, other income, etc.)
Macro/Global Context & Trends
What Drives Inclusive and Sustainable
Economic Growth?
27. Global, Knowledge
Economy
Specialization and
Dynamism
Build on Your Assets
Coordinated, Cross-
Sectoral, Flexible,
Adaptive, Open,
Information-Rich,
Inclusive,
Entrepreneurial
Compete on
Value-Added
(not low-cost)
Intentionality
Economic
Development
in the Next
Economy
28. Metropolitan Business Planning:
A New Way of Doing Business
Grounded in Economics and Business
Comprehensive, Actionable
Strategies
An Ongoing Enterprise
Enables “New Federalism”
33. 0.90
0.92
0.94
0.96
0.98
1.00
1.02
1.04
1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Ratio of Chicago area per
capita GRP growth to U.S.,
1980-2009
Losing Momentum
Source: Moody’s Analytics; MCIC
23.2%
6.3%
-5%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008
Cumulative Job Growth,
1992-2008
U.S. Chicago MSA
Source: National Establishment Time Series
“Strong Balance Sheet, but Poor Income Statement”
34. Excelerate Labs
IL Clean Energy
Community
Foundation
Chicago
Biomedical
Consortium
Apparel Industry
Board
Greater SW
Development
Corporation
Choose DuPage
Clean
Economy
Network
iBio
CMAP
DCEO
Global Midwest
Alliance
Chicago
Technology
Park
Illinois
Technology
Association
Lots of ED Activity; Little Coordination
Source: Regional
Economy Initiative,
Metropolis Strategies
and RW Ventures.
35. Enhance Regional Concentrations:
Industries, Occupations and Functions
What is it?
How the firms and related institutions in the production side of
the economy interact and concentrate, or “cluster,” influencing
their efficiency and productivity
Aspects to consider include:
Current concentrations and their geography
Areas of high growth potential
What shared inputs, activities, infrastructure and other factors
contribute to efficiency/productivity of targeted clusters
Extent to which clusters have already self-identified and
organized
Strategies might include:
Provide co-location opportunities (e.g., business parks)
Strengthen institutional and network infrastructure
Cluster-specific training, R&D, infrastructure, finance, etc.
Cluster-specific innovation/entrepreneurship
Attraction of complementary firms
36. Regional Status: Strong but
Underperforming
Diverse
economy, with
complementary
specializations, in both
conventional and functional
clusters
Many of the biggest clusters
are growing more slowly than
their national peers
Strengths in logistics, business
services, food processing,
metal/machinery manuf.,
health care/life sciences, …
Several groups are pursuing
cluster studies, but few
comprehensive, business
driven cluster strategies are
underway.
Transportation &
Warehousing
FIRE & Business
Services
Consumer
Industries
Health & Welfare
Durable Goods
Mfg
Headquarters
Utilities
Construction
Tourism
Information &
Media
Nondurable
Goods Mfg
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
-30000 -25000 -20000 -15000 -10000 -5000 0 5000 10000
LocationQuotient,2010
Local Share - Chicago Competitiveness, 2010
*Size of bubble represents 2010 Gross Output
Sources: MCIC; Regional Economy Initiative, Metropolis
Strategies and RW Ventures.
37. Exploring Roles for Cook County
In Its Own Businesses
Support business formation and growth in County
supply chains (e.g. Evergreen Cooperative Initiative…)
Strengthen green buildings cluster by retrofitting
County buildings, driving demand for energy efficient
products and services
In Its Economic Development Programming
Target programs (e.g., WIA, CDBG) to support the
region’s most promising clusters, such as Freight and
Logistics
Through New Initiatives and Partnerships
Lead organization and development activities in Health
& Medical cluster
Preliminary and Illustrative: For Discussion Purposes Only
38. Deploy High Human Capital Aligned
with Job Pools
What is it?
Linked, mutually reinforcing human capital and job pools
Efficient labor market deployment
Opportunity and mobility
Aspects to consider include:
Concentrations and growth prospects (both skills and occupations)
Alignment of human capital and job market
Quality of education/training systems (K thru lifelong learning)
Attraction/retention record and factors
Labor market efficiency
Strategies might include:
Increase demand-side focus of workforce development
Increase access, reduce transaction costs in labor market
Establish career pathways, apprenticeships, etc. to foster
economic mobility
Target and link production, attraction, retention of
workers and firms
39. Slightly above average in percent
of knowledge workers
Attracting talent from around the
world (as indicated by flow of high
skilled immigrants)
52% of all Illinois jobs are “middle
skill,” but in 2008 there was a 9%
shortfall in workers with the skills
to fill them
Production of human capital is
mixed – world class universities,
uneven community colleges, many
failing elementary and high
schools
HC development system
fragmented and not sufficiently
employer driven
Regional Status: Bifurcated
Sources: Brookings Top 100 Metros Metrics; Illinois’ Forgotten Middle-
Skills Jobs, The Workforce Alliance, 2008; Graph based on data from U.S.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2005-2009 Estimates.
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
High School
Degree
Some College
or an
Associate's
Degree
Bachelor's
Degree
Advanced
Degree
Percent of Population with
At Least Each Level of Education
Cook
County
City of
Chicago
Suburban
Cook
MSA
Illinois
USA
40. Exploring Roles for Cook County
In Its Own Businesses
Use the County’s human capital system to model skill
certifications, job ladders, mobility (focusing on
healthcare and criminal justice)
In Its Economic Development Programming
Tailor workforce development and prisoner reentry
programs to be more employer/market driven, and tie
to needs of high-growth clusters (e.g., freight and
logistics)
Through New Initiatives and Partnerships
Consolidated County-City workforce investment
management
Preliminary and Illustrative: For Discussion Purposes Only
41. Develop Innovation-Enabling
Infrastructure
What is it?
New products, services and business models – the only long
term driver of overall growth
Aspects to consider include:
Overall “ecosystem” – supporting institutions and networks
Performance at particular stages (R&D, commercialization,
entrepreneurship)
Cluster-specific innovation dynamics/opportunities
Public-sector enablers/constraints
Availability of stage-appropriate finance
Strategies might include:
Strengthen regional R&D capacity (education, facilities, funding)
Catalyze commercialization of knowledge through research-
industry linkages
Foster entrepreneurship through capital access, technical
assistance, mentorship
Develop rich networks supporting interdisciplinary cross-
fertilization and deal formation
Support cluster-based innovation
42. Average levels of
business churn and low
numbers of high impact firms
Limited innovation networks,
ecosystem, culture (but emerging,
particularly in IT/digital)
Regional Status: Underperforming, but
Improving
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
Total Patents Granted Index,
U.S. v. Illinois
U.S. IL
Source: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
$192
$575
$-
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
NJ
NC
CO
PA
IL
WA
TX
NY
MA
CA
Millions
Venture Capital Investments by State
($M)
2009
2010
Source: PWC
MoneyTree
World class research universities and
R&D centers, but limited
commercialization
Uneven capital access for entrepreneurs
(e.g. low SBA lending) Sources: Regional Economy Initiative by Metropolis Strategies and RW
Ventures; Brookings Top 100 Metros Metrics.
43. Exploring Roles for Cook County
In Its Own Businesses
Develop key innovations related to County
operations: digitalization of patient records; next
gen. computer-based property assessment; hospital
interpretive services; paperless permitting and
electronic plan reviews
In Its Economic Development Programming
EDA innovation grants?
Through New Initiatives and Partnerships
Work with other stakeholders to create R&D centers
(e.g., patient records, foreclosure management,
etc.)
Preliminary and Illustrative: For Discussion Purposes Only
44. What is it?
The geographic arrangement of households and firms –
producers, suppliers and consumers – within the region
determines transportation costs for people and businesses, and
influences agglomeration benefits
Aspects to consider include:
Public policies re: land use/zoning, infrastructure, etc.
Degree of housing-jobs mismatch
Access to transit, commuting times, etc.
Spatial concentrations of firms, occupations, functions, etc.
Strategies might include:
Focusing development in infrastructure-rich areas
Transit-oriented and mixed-use/mixed-income development
Affordable housing programs (inclusionary zoning, etc.)
Avoid segregation and concentration of poverty
Travel pricing strategies (e.g., congestion pricing)
Increase Spatial Efficiency
45. Housing sprawl and lack of transit
investment have led to the 4th longest
commutes to and from work, mostly by car
The metro area is the 3rd most congested in
the nation, costing the region $7.3 billion
annually in wasted time and fuel
Housing Costs as
Percent of Income
Housing + Transportation
Costs as Percent of Income
Regional Status: Dense Nodes, but
Stuck in Traffic
79% of Northeastern
Illinoisans have access to
transit, BUT only 24% can use transit
to access their jobs
The Chicago region is the 3rd most
segregated of the top 100 metros
Lack of funding for needed
infrastructure improvements
Sources: Housing and Transportation Affordability
Index by CNT; Brookings Top 100 Metros Metrics.
46. Exploring Roles for Cook County
In Its Own Businesses
Provide employer assisted housing near large centers
of County employment
Incent alternative modes of transportation (providing
employees with transit benefits, free and secure bike parking,
etc.)
In Its Economic Development Programming
Promote spatial efficiency through Building and Zoning
activities
Use NSP, HOME and other funds to support transit oriented
development and otherwise encourage spatial efficiency
Through New Initiatives and Partnerships
Coordinate with regional affordable housing initiatives
Preliminary and Illustrative: For Discussion Purposes Only
47. Create Effective Public & Civic
Culture & Institutions
What is it?
The institutional environment, made up of governments,
private and civic associations, enables and influences the efficiency of
economic activity
Aspects to consider include:
Degree of horizontal and vertical fragmentation
Tax/value proposition
Governance: cross-sectoral partnerships; broader institutional capacity
and culture; transparency, openness, responsiveness
Information: availability and use of data for economic development
Strategies might include:
Inter-jurisdictional coordination/cooperation, including consolidation and
shared services
Revenue sharing
Strategic engagement of citizens, private and civic sectors (particularly
program-specific, such as community policing)
E-government
Open data/data-sharing initiatives
Permit/license fast-tracking
Special-purpose entities
48. Regional Status: “C”
Government Coordination:
1,226 units of government within the
seven-county metro area.
More governments per capita than 2/3rds of major
metros
Lack of public trust
Tax & Regulation/Value Proposition
Complex, multi-faceted tax and regulatory systems.
Value proposition uneven
Illinois taxes fewer services than 46 other states and
has a sales tax rate higher than 46 other states.
Governance
Uneven – selectively cross sector, open and inclusive;
often top-down and “who you know”
Information Sharing
The region is improving but still lags other metros in
transparency and public data.
Sources: “The Economic Impacts of GOTO2040,” RW Ventures, 2010; Brookings Top 100
Metros Metrics; “Public Finance Issues in the Chicago Metropolitan Area,” CMAP, 2009.
49. Exploring Roles for Cook County
In Its Own Businesses
Act as model of transparent government, including
data sharing
Implement Government 2.0 practices to increase efficiency
and encourage citizen engagement
Lower the sales tax rate and expand the tax base to include
many services
Improve and make more transparent the value provided for
taxes
Ensure sensible and consistent regulations and minimal
bureaucracy
In Its Economic Development Programming
Pool funding within County programs and across other
agencies for performance-based competitive grants
Through New Initiatives and Partnerships
Convene, participate with other governmental, private and
civic actors in regional economic planning
Promote shared services agreements
Preliminary and Illustrative: For Discussion Purposes Only
52. Key Lessons
Undertake “high road” development
Build from your assets
Compete on value-added, not just low cost
Tailor tax-value proposition
Be intentional
Customized, integrated, tailored to local opportunities
Metropolitan Business Planning
Act in context
Design for whole greater than the sum of its parts
Allow economics to dictate the geography
Align equity goals with economic development
Understand spectrum from social service to economic growth
“Metros are the solution, not the problem”
Federal and state governments should invest in metros.
53. Next Steps
Opportunities for
the Region
(with County “lens”)
Roles for
the County
Market Assessment Inventory assets and
opportunities
Evaluate Cook government
programs and competencies
Strategy Identification Identify high potential
strategies integrating key
market leverage points
Target strategies best suited to
County business, programs,
capacities
Program/Product/Policy
Development
Coordinate and create
initiatives to implement
strategies
Reorient existing programs,
create new ones, coordinate to
implement selected strategies
Institutional Capacity
Building
Regional business
planning/execution (gen.
and project specific)
•Convene, participate in RBP
•“Governance for the next
economy”
Preliminary and Illustrative: For Discussion Purposes Only