by Ellen D. Harpel | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Lessons from business incentive programs can be applied to state and local small business financing programs. In our experience, the following practices can improve results, promote equity, and ensure public resources are used wisely. Lesson 1: Ensure programs are...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Apr 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) is a great resource for insight into economic development issues related to mining projects. About two weeks ago, CCSI reported on takeaways from the first session of a webinar series called Candid Discussions on...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Apr 3, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently released a report summarizing insights into how corporate tax incentives are used around the world. The findings draw from the 2024 OECD Tax Incentives Database, which focuses on emerging and...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The very first Smart Incentives blog article in 2013 was a short description of Sunshine Week. We explained that Sunshine Week is “a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information.” This year,...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Mar 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Virginia Tech formally opened its Innovation Campus in Alexandria, VA on February 28 with a ribbon cutting for its new academic building. The investment in the Innovation Campus was part of the bid to attract Amazon’s HQ2 to Virginia in 2018 by supporting tech talent...
by Ellen D. Harpel | Feb 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
The Platform for Collaboration on Tax (PCT) has released a set of draft principles to guide the use of tax incentives. The PCT is a joint initiative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United...
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