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Social Investment in Jobs: Foundation Perspectives on Targeted Economic Development during the 1990s

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  • Robert Giloth

    (Annie E. Casey Foundation)

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Dramatic changes in the U.S. urban labor markets have encouraged experimentation with development projects that explicitly combine poverty alleviation and economic development. A diverse set of jobs projects, which collectively might be called targeted economic development, emphasize the short-term provision of decent jobs through the integration of economic development, employment training, and human services. This review draws on recent foundation surveys, evaluation studies, and replication efforts to describe targeted economic development strategies such as employment brokering, sectoral interventions, human services employment, spatial mobility, capitalization/-enterprise development, and collaboration. Projects usually combine multiple strategies and are distinctively entrepreneurial, market oriented, networked, empowering, integrative, and community based. Many projects, however, exist in isolation, a product of committed, long-term entrepreneurship. Without a more supportive policy context and set of civic resources, the major effect of targeted economic development will not be fulfilled.

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  • Robert Giloth, 1995. "Social Investment in Jobs: Foundation Perspectives on Targeted Economic Development during the 1990s," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 9(3), pages 279-289, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:9:y:1995:i:3:p:279-289
    DOI: 10.1177/089124249500900308
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    1. Karen Chapple, 2002. "“I Name it and I Claim it—In the Name of Jesus, this Job is Mine†: Job Search, Networks, and Careers for Low-Income Women," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 16(4), pages 294-313, November.
    2. Carla Robinson-Barnes, 1996. "Promoting economic development in the inner city: The importance of Human Resources," The Review of Black Political Economy, Springer;National Economic Association, vol. 24(2), pages 123-129, December.
    3. Michael B. Teitz, 1997. "American Planning in the 1990s: Part II, The Dilemma of the Cities," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 34(5-6), pages 775-795, May.
    4. Robert Giloth, 2019. "Philanthropy and Economic Development: New Roles and Strategies," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 33(3), pages 159-169, August.
    5. Elizabeth J. Mueller & Alex Schwartz, 1998. "Leaving Poverty through Work: A Review of Current Development Strategies," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 12(2), pages 166-180, May.

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