Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Community Development
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 4, 2012
April 2013 - Ninth District Insight
Childhood poverty rate climbs past 20 percent in the U.S.
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Fiddler appointed to Community Development Advisory Board
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Human service organizations "tread water" in face of funding uncertainty
Unpredictability over public funding levels is hampering many nonprofit organizations' efforts to improve or expand services.
Jacob Wascalus
January 2013 - Community Dividend
New credit union promotes financial access on Pine Ridge reservation
The first-ever federally insured financial institution on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota is open for business.
Paula Woessner
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Rural CDFIs: Creating connections to marketplaces: A conversation with Mary Mathews of the Entrepreneur Fund
Community Dividend speaks with Mary Mathews, founding president and CEO of the Entrepreneur Fund, to learn about the circumstances and challenges rural community development financial institutions (CD
Michou Kokodoko
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Service providers retool and collaborate to address increase in suburban poverty
Suburban communities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region now have nearly as many impoverished residents as the central cities, and local assistance organizations are modifying their approaches in respo
Jacob Wascalus
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Three Affiliated Tribes to build oil refinery
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Treasury's CDFI Fund announces nearly $18 million in Bank Enterprise Awards
January 2013 - Community Dividend
Ninth District Insight Report - Quarter 2, 2012
Published by the Community Development Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
December 2012 - Ninth District Insight
"Agripreneur" program helps rural Latinos become small-scale farmers
An initiative of Minneapolis-based Main Street Project teaches budding farmers, or "agripreneurs," to raise and sell poultry and other agricultural products as part of an emerging local food network.
Jacob Wascalus
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Business Correspondent model boosts financial inclusion in India
An innovative, technology-based banking model is giving people in remote areas of India access to formal financial institutions.
Anupam Kishore
October 2012 - Community Dividend
CDFI News
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Data analysis shows extent of underwater mortgage problem in the Twin Cities
A new indicator-based analysis reveals that the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area has the highest rates of negative equity in the Ninth Federal Reserve District.
Michael Williams
October 2012 - Community Dividend
Free tax preparers reach out to EITC claimants
Organizations that provide free tax preparation assistance to low-income people are working to attract more eligible filers to their offices.
Jacob Wascalus
October 2012 - Community Dividend
