Policy Frontiers of Urban Development. Final Project Report for EDA (Economic Development Administration)

摘要

The United States Conference of Mayors held a series of policy forums on selected current urban economic development topics: (1) development finance, (2) industrial policy, (3) economic adjustment with a special emphasis on the auto industry, (4) foreign direct investment and (5) export development. Each of the forums included local government officials, private developers, and lenders and academic people with expertise in the forum subject matters. Background papers were prepared and circulated based on the latest research and experience on each of the selected topics areas and distributed to the forums for comment and concurrence. The resulting reports on each of the 5 topics areas define the state of current understanding of the issues and the implications for local governments. This report contains a summary of the five economic development topics discussed at the conference.