by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Frustration with the lack of good information about economic development incentives is not limited to the US. The “dramatic rise” in the use of incentives to attract foreign direct investment around the world along with the lack of “systematic monitoring, reporting,...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
This post is part of an occasional series reviewing state reports evaluating economic development incentives. Here we look at the September 2013 performance audit report from Kansas, “Economic Development: Determining Which Economic Development Tools are Most...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Applications are due October 15 for communities seeking to enter the one-year Leadership STAR Community Program, which will support a cohort of cities, towns and counties as they use the STAR Community Rating System to measure progress toward a common set of...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Oct 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
The 2013 Chairman’s Report: State Business Incentives from the Council of State Governments sums it up nicely: “We simply don’t have the information we need to make good decisions about incentives.” This report adds to the drumbeat of calls for...
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