Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Poverty
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
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
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
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
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
Call for papers: The eighth biennial Federal Reserve community development research conference
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Less affluent students face mounting college debt challenges
Recent reports confirm that students from low- to moderate-income families graduate with greater student debt burdens than their more affluent peers.
Michael Grover
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Ninth District community conditions are mixed, Minneapolis Fed report finds
July 2012 - Community Dividend
Creating better choices for the underbanked: A conversation with Jennifer Tescher of the Center for Financial Services Innovation
Community Dividend speaks with Jennifer Tescher, a nationally known expert on financial access and asset building, to learn about strategies and products for helping underbanked consumers prosper.
Michael Grover
January 2012 - Community Dividend
Fed Community Development offices launch community survey initiatives
A new Reserve Bank-led initiative is designed to gather front-line information on economic conditions in low- to moderate-income communities.
Ela Rausch
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
