Economic Research
Economic ResearchTopic - Poverty
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
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
CDFI News
January 2011 - Community Dividend
CFSI releases guide to prepaid cards
January 2011 - Community Dividend
Nonprofit credit counselors provide one-on-one help for consumers in crisis
In the aftermath of the recent economic meltdown, nonprofit consumer credit counseling agencies have seen unprecedented demand for their services.
Paula Woessner
January 2011 - Community Dividend
Wandering in the desert
New research maps “food deserts” in the district, but it’s unclear what they measure, and how they address obesity
Joe Mahon
November 2010 - fedgazette
Adopting a place-conscious approach to community development: A conversation with Margery Austin Turner of the Urban Institute
Community Dividend speaks with Margery Austin Turner, Vice President for Research at the Urban Institute's Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center, to learn about her comprehensive, thought
Sandy Gerber
October 2010 - Community Dividend
Beware of some payday loan alternatives, report says
October 2010 - Community Dividend
Federal government releases plan to end homelessness
October 2010 - Community Dividend
Research examines the receipt of earned income tax credits among welfare recipients
According to the research on earned income tax credits, welfare recipients who work are less likely to receive the credits than eligible individuals who are not on welfare.
Donald P. Hirasuna
July 2010 - Community Dividend
The Privileges
Book review
Cynthia Baxter
June 2010 - The Region
Institutions or Individuals?
Different views on financial collapse
June 2010 - The Region
Horizons program mobilizes communities to address rural poverty
A leadership-development program designed for small, rural towns demonstrates how communities that become aware, engaged, and energized about poverty issues can make change happen.
Joyce Hoelting
April 2010 - Community Dividend
Minneapolis Fed releases two new Community Affairs reports
April 2010 - Community Dividend
Minnesota's Earned Income Credit Program: Utilization by Current and Former Welfare Households and the Impact of Policy Parameters
An analysis of utilization of the State of Minnesota's earned income credit (the Working Family Credit) among current and former welfare recipients.
Donald P. Hirasuna, Thomas F. Stinson
December 2009 - Community Development Papers
