This report presents concrete strategies for structuring neighborhood economic development activities to maximize asset accumulation for lowincome residents.
This guide presents a clear picture of what high performance looks like in the microenterprise industry and offers concrete strategies funders can pursue to drive improvement in performance.
This guide explores the current challenges facing the microenterprise industry, and suggests specific approaches funders can use in their grantmaking to help the industry respond.
This brief guide examines the microenterprise industry's accomplishments and its value with respect to poverty alleviation, economic development, asset development and ownership, and increased access to financial services.
This guide lays out an array of economic trends that have sparked a growing interest in self-employment and describes how microenterprise development programs can respond to these trends.
In recent years, "cluster strategies" have become a popular economic development approach among state and local policymakers and economic development practitioners.