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Small Business

Helping Small Businesses Grow: A Conversation With Richenda Van Leeuwen

Richenda Van Leeuwen joined the Aspen Institute as Executive Director of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) in September. She is an ambassador for equitable and inclusive economic development and brings a breadth of knowledge and experience to leading the work of ANDE—a global network that supports the success of small and growing businesses (SGBs) around the world. She spoke with the Institute’s President and CEO, Dan Porterfield, about the importance of ANDE’s work and the impact of investing in SGBs as a method of changemaking.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

2 weeks ago
Economic Development

Scaling Lending to Entrepreneurs of Color

How can we help entrepreneurs of color on the path to recovery? What is the role of community development financial institutions (CDFIs) as lenders, and what can we do to overcome some of the obstacles these organizations face?

BY The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

Video

10.19.2020
Economic Development

Ground Truth from Rural Practitioners

Small but mighty, rural-serving organizations work in concert with local people, firms and governments to fill gaps and adapt to do whatever it is communities need done.

BY Community Strategies Group & 1 more

Publication

06.10.2020
International Development

The Looming Business Crisis in the Developing World

COVID-19 is devastating the small and growing businesses that power job creation and economic growth in the developing world.

BY Matthew Guttentag

Blog Post

06.09.2020
Economic Development

Ratcheting Up Rural Response, Recovery and Resilience

The YouTube Playlist above begins with the first hour-long webinar. Click the playlist box in the top right-hand corner of the screen to

BY Community Strategies Group

Video

06.02.2020
Family Finances

The Reality of Universal Basic Income

Aisha Nyandoro, program organizer, speaks with Ebony Beals, a parent participant who helped design the cash assistance program. Their conversation was held during a convening in October held by Ascend, a program at the Aspen Institute that works to move children and the adults in their lives to educational success, economic security, and health and well-being.

BY Marci Krivonen

Podcast

01.13.2020
US Economy

Place-Based Shareholder Engagement

Nearly 200 CEOs of world-leading corporations have now signed on to the notion that their reason for being includes not just shareholders, but how well their employees, host communities, the environment and supply chains benefit.

BY Kelly Ryan

Blog Post

08.26.2019
US Economy

Collaboration in the Rural West

A forest collaborative, tribal government, environmental group and stewardship organization in Idaho and Oregon together explore how tension brought about by changes in natural resource management and local economies has catalyzed new alliances among interests that have been polarized for decades.

BY Doug Decker, Senior Fellow, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University

Blog Post

07.22.2019
US Economy

Rural Development Hubs Executive Summary

This executive summary explains why Rural Development Hubs are important, how they work, and what it takes to do that work. It also discusses policy levers and enabling environments that can strengthen Rural Development Hubs, and that foster community and economic development that advances both equity and prosperity.

BY Community Strategies Group

Publication

05.13.2019
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