Overview
The Carsey Institute, through applied research, courses, roundtables and institutes examines the role of capital in community development. We seek to understand and address the need for and importance of capital in community development, the nature and limitations of traditional private and public sources of capital, and the policies and institutions needed to increase the availability and effective use of capital for community development. We also research and develop specific models and mechanisms that promote new ways to finance community development projects and social enterprises.
Publications
National
- Maximizing Returns to Colleges and Communities: A Handbook on Community Investment (Swack, 2009)
- Grey Gold: Do Older In-Migrants Benefit Rural Communities? (Glasgow and Brown, 2008, Policy Brief No. 10)
- Measures and Methods: Four Tenets for Rural Economic Development in the New Economy (Brown-Graham and Lambe, 2008, Policy Brief No. 9)
- Place Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Four Rural Americas (Hamilton, Hamilton, Duncan, and Colocousis, 2008, Reports on Rural America, Volume 1, Number 4)
- Biofueling Rural Development (Kleinschmit, 2007, Policy Brief No. 5)
- Subprime and Predatory Lending in Rural America (2006, Policy Brief No. 4)
Selected current projects
Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program
Community & Environment in Rural America (CERA)