ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
INCENTIVES
THAT WORK

Delivering

Sound Decisions

We help communities use economic development incentives to achieve their targeted development goals. Smart Incentives works with economic development organizations and investment promotion agencies to manage incentive programs that are both effective and responsible. Here’s how we do it:

Analyze

incentive offerings and program design

Apply

the Smart Incentives 4×4 framework for program management

Offer

access to high-quality business intelligence, data, and analytical methods to guide decisions

Improve

evaluations and reporting on program results

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Unique state incentives tackle skills gap

Oklahoma’s tax credits for aerospace employers and employees are popular and generate economic benefits for the state.

Incentives proposed to increase investment in workers

A set of proposals, including federal incentives, strives to address underinvestment in worker training and other labor market failures.

Talent, services and partnerships

Economic and community development leaders are using social services to support and attract workers.

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Featured event

Smart Incentives events are an excellent way to stay up to date on industry leading knowledge. They are also a great way to network. Check out our featured event. We would love to see you there.

Inclusive Economic Development and Recovery

Sept 23-24, 2021

This conference is being sponsored by the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, Cleveland, New York, and Philadelphia, the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, and the W.E. Upjohn Institute/Economic Development Quarterly.

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