Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Small Business
A conversation with ... Elsie Meeks of The Lakota Fund
Community Dividend discusses the economic development efforts of The Lakota Fund with its executive director, Elsie Meeks.
November 2000 - Community Dividend
Economic development in Indian Country: Lessons learned by The Lakota Fund
By sharing 10 lessons learned from its lending activities, The Lakota Fund hopes to benefit all community developers.
Margaret Tyndall
November 2000 - Community Dividend
Indian business group receives $1 million grant
November 2000 - Community Dividend
A conversation with ... Elise Hoben and Bob Poznanski of Rural LISC
Community Dividend discusses rural community development corporations with Elise Hoben and Bob Poznanski, two noted experts from Rural Local Initiatives Support Corporation.
August 2000 - Community Dividend
Rural CDCs: Building the capacity for success
In many American rural areas, crucial community development services are provided by community development corporations, or CDCs.
Margaret Tyndall
August 2000 - Community Dividend
How do Minorities Fund Start-up Businesses?
Two minority neighborhoods in Chicago are surveyed to determine the source for start-up financing of businesses.
Robert Townsend, Paul Huck, Sherrie L.W. Rhine, Philip Bond
September 1999 - The Region
Microenterprise awards are announced
Two Ninth District organizations recently received awards for their outstanding work in the field of microenterprise development.
Stephanie Omersa
July 1999 - Community Dividend
E-commerce: For some businesses, the only way to go
Toby Madden
April 1999 - fedgazette
Tracking small business lending in the Ninth District: What the new CRA data allows
New data provides insights into small business lending in the Ninth District
Ron J. Feldman, Jason Schmidt
April 1999 - fedgazette
Model code addresses economic development in Indian Country
A model commercial code for Indian tribes is designed to encourage the business and lending communities to invest in Indian Country and foster economic development.
Maylinn E. Smith
July 1998 - Community Dividend
U.S. banks offered historic opportunity in Indian Country
To serve the emerging Indian-owned private enterprise market, bankers should understand the structure of the economies of tribal communities and the size of the potential market.
Patrick Borunda
July 1998 - Community Dividend
Why no one mourns the loss of the family chicken farm
A short history of poultry in the Ninth District
Edward Lotterman
April 1998 - fedgazette
Spotlight on success: The Anoka County partnership
The Anoka County Economic Development Partnership has allowed many groups and individuals to join forces and help launch and nurture businesses.
July 1997 - Community Dividend
Credit scoring and small business loans
Credit scoring is the process of assigning a single quantitative measure, or score, to a potential borrower that reflects the borrower's relative chance of going into delinquency or default.
Ron J. Feldman
April 1997 - Community Dividend
Lending to small firms and small farms
A snapshot of data on the distribution of business loans to farms and firms by the size of the loan.
Ron J. Feldman
April 1997 - Community Dividend
