Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Community Development
Research review: Child development findings support and inform personal financial education from an early age
A recently released literature review suggests personal financial education belongs in elementary and middle schools, not just high schools.
Richard M. Todd
January 2012 - Community Dividend
Bank On gets its game on
Bank On, a customizable program for helping unbanked individuals join the financial mainstream, is catching on in communities across the country.
May Xiong
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Bridges joins the Minneapolis Fed
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Harvest Initiative and Hunkpati Investments: Stirring up economic development on the Crow Creek reservation
The story of how residents of the Crow Creek Indian reservation, a prominent businessman, a church congregation, and two young attorneys came to be deeply involved in improving the reservation's econo
Sandy Gerber
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Little Mogadishu in the All-America City? Somali entrepreneurship in Willmar, Minnesota
Somali immigrants encounter acceptance and some challenges as they establish businesses in a small city in central Minnesota.
Nima Hassan
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Making the New Markets Tax Credit work in Native communities
Some Native communities have had success in attracting New Markets Tax Credit investments, despite unique challenges involved in implementing the program in Indian Country.
Michou Kokodoko
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Native American Credit Counseling initiative aims to bridge the credit gap in Indian Country
A certification program created by Rural Dynamics/Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Montana is designed to build credit counseling education and services in Native communities.
Sue Woodrow, Jolene Bach
October 2011 - Community Dividend
U.S. Treasury announces 2011 CDFI awards
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Workforce 2020: Uniting business and education in Rochester, Minnesota
A unique initiative led by a broad-based group of community leaders is working to address workforce development issues in Rochester, Minn.
Wudase Tefera
October 2011 - Community Dividend
Early, Broadly, and Through Young Adulthood: A Child Development Perspective on Youth Personal Financial Education
Research suggests that educators should use findings in psychology and behavioral economics to enhance youth personal financial instruction.
Richard M. Todd
September 2011 - Community Development Papers
Commerce, USDA release online mapping tools
July 2011 - Community Dividend
Delinquencies and foreclosures in rural areas: A snapshot of the recent performance of mortgages in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
An analysis of newly acquired mortgage data reveals that the Upper Peninsula fared better than other parts of Michigan during the recent foreclosure crisis.
Michael Grover
July 2011 - Community Dividend
Measuring the impact of community development: A conversation with Paul Mattessich of Wilder Research
Community Dividend speaks with Paul Mattessich, executive director of Wilder Research, about how to effectively and affordably measure the impact of community development work.
Ela Rausch
July 2011 - Community Dividend
Minneapolis Fed launches Indian Country Currents site
July 2011 - Community Dividend
Recent demographic data reveal effects of economic slowdown in Indian Country
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau confirm that economic trends on American Indian reservations in the Ninth District worsened or stagnated during the recent recession.
Michael Grover
July 2011 - Community Dividend
