This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. States invest in economic development to encourage job growth, increase wages, and raise the standard of living for their residents. State economic development efforts, however, typically encompass many programs administered…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS), which operated in Portland, Oregon in the mid to late 1990s, was a mandatory welfare-to work program for single-parent welfare recipients whose children were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new short report from Advance CTE and the Education Strategy Group provides some valuable insights into how state policymakers are thinking about preparing high school students for work. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you come from the Arab region, you will no doubt recognize the term “Khattaba”—the word used to describe the traditional matchmaker who helps a young man find a bride.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Arabella Advisors, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, conducted an in-depth analysis of the causes and consequences of long-term unemployment and strategies to address it. Arabella interviewed over 40 policymakers, economists,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Rahaman Kilpatrick left Philadelphia in 1992, he took the city’s mantra of brotherly love right along with him. The self-taught barber offers free haircuts to men with upcoming job…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the height of the Great Recession, when the unemployment rate reached 10 percent, at least 40 states used federal funds under a special emergency program to put more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Malmo, Sweden, a new building will serve as a place for local residents to meet refugees–and potentially give them work. At the height of the European refugee crisis in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are living in extraordinary times. In our region, we are seeing unprecedented economic growth, innovation and technological advances. Despite all of this progress, striking inequities impact the health, housing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Andela is expanding in Uganda. The technology training and job placement company, which recruits African software developers and places them at global companies ― completed its first recruitment cycle in Kampala.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nation’s unemployment rate has turned stagnant, and it is unclear how to best address it. Traditional fiscal and monetary policies enacted by the government are not working as expected.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nearly 100 years ago, the women began dying. Their bones literally crumbled inside them, rendering some permanently crippled, some with broken jawbones. The women — some of them just teenage…