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New report: Large numbers of vacant homes in neighborhoods, also called hyper-vacancy, contribute to devaluation and displacement, perpetuating cycles of disinvestment, Manann Donoghoe and I write. Community led innovators must come to the rescue. https://lnkd.in/eEyqDG4y #housing 

Dr. Mara Karlin has been appointed Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Foreign Policy program. Karlin’s research interests include national security and defense strategy and budgeting, nonproliferation, terrorism, and regional security in the Middle East and Asia.

To ease concerns about AI-related job displacement, some claim “there will always be new jobs.” But policymakers would be wise to recognize that technology-driven job automation may not always be accompanied by plentiful job creation, Sam Manning says.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration's 12 Tech Hubs are the newest focal points of the nation's recent push to boost high-potential tech clusters in new places. At last the nation is crafting (and executing!) a smart, rigorous, and competition-driven industrial strategy that knows places are critical--in themselves, and for the nation's well-being and push against China. Now it's time to implement the nation's first hubs and fully-fund the authorized--but under-appropriated--$10 billion program. Let's get to work! See my piece with Joe Parilla and Francesca Ioffreda here: https://lnkd.in/eZcaSNDp Ross DeVol Will Wilkinson Ro Khanna Byron Auguste Brian Deese Andrew Carter Bruce Katz

The Brookings Institution and its staff union, Brookings United, are pleased to announce the ratification of a landmark three-year Collective Bargaining Agreement.   Key provisions of this new agreement include wage increases with set salary floors, extended paid family leave, an enhancement to retirement benefits, and processes to strengthen communication between supervisors and their direct reports.

African youth are turning to entrepreneurship to create their own income and employment opportunities. To support the continent’s women entrepreneurs, Zouera Youssoufou and Zakari Momodu call for government and private sector investments in education, energy, and infrastructure.

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My new episode of the #ReimagineRural podcast explores how local rural leaders & municipalities are responding the Intel Corporation's megasite in central Ohio incentivized by the CHIPs & Science Act. Intel's investment to build two semiconductor chip plants in Licking County represents the largest private sector investment in Ohio's history & promises to bring big changes to the area. Surrounding rural municipalities, which were not part of the decision to bring Intel in, are benefiting from the leadership of the local Thomas J. Evans Foundation, which brought the 15 rural jurisdictions together through a process called Framework to collectively prioritize how to manage the economic changes and set priorities for growth. By ensuring all communities got a seat at the table and including the voice of residents alongside elected officials, Licking County is now in a better position to preserve its rural character and protect the integrity of its towns. Yet, as a subsequent controversy around water rights has showed, there will be many decisions that occur as Intel's plants come online that will challenge the extent to which the collective vision created through Framework is achieved. You can subscribe to #ReimagineRural on whichever platform you like to listen! https://lnkd.in/dm4vjsen Many thanks to participants in this episodes, including Bryn Bird, Jeff Gottke, Mayor Melissa Hartfield, and Jennifer Roberts. #RuralMatters #RuralDevelopment #Rural #CHIPs https://lnkd.in/evqxPfvH

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This week, I had the honor of speaking at The Brookings Institution during the World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders Washington D.C. Learning Journey, engaging with more than 30 global leaders from about 14 countries about the role of think tanks in evidence-based policymaking! Countries represented included #Australia, #Brazil, #Canada, #China, the #DominicanRepublic, #Egypt, #Germany, #Ghana, #Mexico, #Pakistan, #PapuaNewGuinea, #SaudiArabia, the #UnitedKingdom, and the #UnitedStates! The delegation was led by Nilmini Rubin, Chief Policy Officer at Hedera, and hosted at the Brookings Institution by John McArthur, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Global Economy and Development program, who both did a great job! Other speakers included Lauren Lowenstein Bauer, Fellow & Associate Director, The Hamilton Project, Brookings; Amb. Sarah E. Mendelson, Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy & Head of Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University and Nonresident Senior Fellow, Center for Sustainable Development at Brookings; and Alexander Noyes, Fellow, Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, at Brookings. Gratitude to all, and special thanks to Clea McElwain! Sahar Albazar Esra Albuti إسراء البطي Irina Anghel Enescu Zubaida Bai Peter Bisanz Thomas Crampton María Eugenia del Castillo Cabrera Eugene Chung Porter D. Amal Enan Kow Essuman, Esq. Jocelyn W Formsma Haifa Mohammed AlSaud Sam Gregory Solveigh Hieronimus Asli Karahan Matthew Katz Brian Kaufmann Vera Kobalia Christian Kroll Luhui Yan Bárbara Coutinho do Nascimento Leland Maschmeyer Luiza Mattos Raju Narisetti Carlo Perez-Arizti Susannah Rodgers MBE PLY Anthony Smaré Sara Sutton Saad Hayat Tamman Mark Vlasic Sophia Hamblin Wang