In recent decades, networks of financially-independent companies located around the world have come to account for an increasing share of global production. These global value chains operate differently from other models of production, such as the export of finished products made largely in a...

This report and its accompanying interactive map show the vulnerability of every U.S. neighborhood to the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Using data from the American Community Survey, they show that:• High-Poverty Communities Are the Most Economically Vulnerable. About 78 percent of...

This policy brief argues for a renewed emphasis on comprehensive community development strategies as a means of combating concentrated poverty. It discusses five elements that such strategies should include: (1) combining people- and place-based efforts; (2) ensuring that strategies reflect...