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Lessons to guide a local economic COVID recovery

June 22, 2020
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In this post I describe a number of lessons we can draw from our COVID-19 response to help guide a local economic recovery. I look at responses that appear have worked and make four suggestions for placed-based responses. We are not past this crisis by any measure. But there are important lessons we can draw to…

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Surviving COVID-19: Why place continues to matter

March 26, 2020
7 min read
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In the midst of the Covid-19 global pandemic sweeping the world, place really does matter. This is a post from my recent newsletter on place-based economic development and job creation. Subscribe here. Over the last few weeks I’ve undertaken assignments in Jakarta, Milan and Delhi, with Covid-19 hot on my heels. As a result, I…