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Community Economic Development in the United States: The CDFI Industry and America's Distressed Communities
Greer, James L., Gonzales, Oscar
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Description for Community Economic Development in the United States: The CDFI Industry and America's Distressed Communities
Hardcover. Num Pages: 213 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 9 colour illustrations, 17 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; KCA; KCF; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 222 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement. Community development is now a multi-billion industry in the US. Hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), located in all regions of the country, have successfully forged locally-based strategies that provide affordable housing, foster business development, and provide much needed community facilities, including innumerable charter schools, in highly distressed communities in inner city neighborhoods, rural communities, and also in American Indian areas. In many areas of the US, CDFIs represent a viable alternative to the mainstream banking industry. This volume documents the ... Read more
This is the first scholarly analysis that examines the development and achievements of the American community development movement. Community development is now a multi-billion industry in the US. Hundreds of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), located in all regions of the country, have successfully forged locally-based strategies that provide affordable housing, foster business development, and provide much needed community facilities, including innumerable charter schools, in highly distressed communities in inner city neighborhoods, rural communities, and also in American Indian areas. In many areas of the US, CDFIs represent a viable alternative to the mainstream banking industry. This volume documents the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
213
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137497901
SKU
V9781137497901
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99-15
About Greer, James L., Gonzales, Oscar
James L. Greer is an independent scholar with a PhD in political science from the University of Chicago, USA. His research interests include, along with American community economic development, early New Deal housing and banking policies, home mortgage redlining, and the patterning of economic growth in the American metropolitan areas. Oscar Gonzales is a PhD candidate in Economics at the ... Read more
Reviews for Community Economic Development in the United States: The CDFI Industry and America's Distressed Communities
“Throughout the six chapters, the authors intimately detail the significance and impact of the American community development movement to create initiatives and alternatives to the traditional resources in which the private market system cannot or does not participate. … the book is a comprehensive compendium and a valuable resource guide filled with significant substantive statistical data as well as an ... Read more