The Aspen Partnership for an Inclusive Economy

Race and Gender Wealth Equity and the Role of Employee Share Ownership

Employee ownership can promote equity, improve job quality, and boost business performance.

April 1, 2021
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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?

October 19, 2020
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Re-Imagining Retirement Amid New Uncertainty 2020

Re-Imagining Retirement Amid New Uncertainty 2020 — report from the fourth annual Aspen Leadership Forum on Retirement Savings.

October 13, 2020

Creating Entrepreneurship Pathways for Opportunity Youth: Lessons From Del Norte and Tribal Lands, California

We must create career pathways for opportunity youth that are responsive to their interests and aspirations.

October 12, 2020
First page (report cover) of "Creating Entrepreneurship Pathways for Opportunity Youth: Lessons From Del Norte and Tribal Lands, California"

Voices from the Field: Engaging Employers to Connect Young Adults to Good Fit Employment

Young workers are facing dire employment prospects. But asking employers the right questions can help identify opportunities.

October 2, 2020

Modern Principles for Sensible and Effective Executive Pay

We offer five principles of executive pay and questions to facilitate board conversation about the need to align purpose and rewards, define fairness, and simplify pay structure.

September 16, 2020

The Cycle of Savings: What we Gain when We Understand Savings as a Dynamic Process

The importance of the ongoing act of building, using, and replenishing savings – or “the cycle of savings”-allows people to protect themselves.

September 11, 2020

This Labor Day Let’s Reinvent Essential Work

While a tiny virus upended our daily lives, essential workers continued to meet the needs of others despite the risks and burdens.

September 4, 2020

The COVID-19 Eviction Crisis: an Estimated 30-40 Million People in America Are at Risk

People of color, particularly Black and Latinx people, constitute approximately 80% of people facing eviction.

August 7, 2020

Protecting the Progress We’ve Made: The SGB Sector in 2019 and Beyond

A new report from the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) sheds new light on trends in the SGB sector from 2019 in terms of investment, donor support, and capacity building for entrepreneurs around the world.

August 5, 2020