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Employment and Jobs

EOP Newsletter, August 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Of Interest

08.31.2021
Employment and Jobs

EOP Newsletter, May 2021

The COVID-19 crisis brings new urgency to our work to improve jobs, expand business ownership, and advance economic opportunity.

BY Economic Opportunities Program

Of Interest

05.28.2021
Employment and Jobs

Job Quality in Small Business

Small businesses have an important role to play in advancing economic opportunity and job quality.

Event

05.06.2021
Small Business

Opportunities for an Inclusive Recovery

On February 25, Business Ownership Initiative Director Joyce Klein participated in a webinar hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, “Small Busine ...

BY Business Ownership Initiative

Video

02.25.2021
Small Business

Building an Inclusive Economy Through Community-Based Financial Institutions: A Conversation with Joyce Klein and Janie Barrera

The Aspen Institute and the Microfinance Impact Collaborative recently announced the creation of the Entrepreneur Backed Assets (EBA) Fund, which will strengthen the capacity of community-based financial institutions to lend to small businesses in low-income communities and those owned by people of color.

BY Daniel R. Porterfield

Of Interest

02.03.2021
Small Business

Women Entrepreneurs Need Access to Capital

While the Paycheck Protection Program was intended to help small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19, it failed to deliver on its promise.

BY Geri Stengel, Forbes

Blog Post

01.06.2021
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

01.04.2021
Small Business

A New Tool to Address the Racial Wealth Gap

Businesses owned by people of color tend to be in less profitable industries because of the effects of systemic inequality and racism.

BY Joyce Klein & 1 more

Blog Post

12.18.2020
Small Business

Making Small Business Lending Work for More People Without Anyone Noticing

There’s no equivalent for Fannie Mae when it comes to microloans — until now.

BY Oscar Perry Abello, Next City

Blog Post

12.15.2020
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