Nov. 1 webinar offers policy prescription for regional economic prosperity
The Winners' Choice:
Sustainable Economic Strategies for Successful 21st Century Regions
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Noon (Eastern Time)
The U.S. economy has undergone a difficult decade of sluggish job creation followed by the Great Recession and its aftermath. Americans are facing global pressures and the greatest economic vulnerabilities in several decades, while massive challenges of environmental sustainability loom. Communities and regions are looking for ways to regain their footing in providing economic opportunities and a high quality of life for their population. In a free Nov. 1 webinar, Rose Olfert and Mark Partridge discuss the challenges facing communities and regions, describe why policy responses have been ineffective, and provide a more realistic policy prescription for the best path to economic prosperity for winning communities.
About the Speakers:
Mark Partridge is the Swank Chair of Rural-Urban Policy at Ohio State University. Partridge is co-editor of the Journal of Regional Science and the new Springer Briefs in Regional Science, and he serves on seven other academic editorial boards. He has published over 100 scholarly papers and coauthored the book The Geography of American Poverty: Is there a Role for Place-Based Policy? Partridge has received research funding from many sources including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Brookings Institution, European Commission, Infrastructure Canada, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. His research includes investigating rural-urban interdependence and regional growth and policy.
Rose Olfert is a Professor of Public Policy at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan. Olfert serves on several editorial boards and has published widely in community and rural economic development. Her research on place-based policy, funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, has involved collaborative work in Latin American countries as well as Europe. Regional economic cooperation and appropriate policy responses for subnational economic development have been common themes of her research.
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