From Enterprise Zones to Empowerment Zones

Economic development policy continues to dominate city agendas as local officials vie for investment and population in the effort to generate a robust local economy. Many times, however, such policies have succeeded in building capital-intensive projects while failing to enhance the community's quality of life. Building on the enterprise zone concept, the Clinton administration's Empowerment Zone Act of 1993 attempts to avoid this pitfall by blending economic incentives and social services, as it establishes a mechanism to incorporate broader local participation in program design, implementation, and evaluation. By examining the context, origins, and dimensions of empowerment zone policy, this article clarifies policy elements, including similarities to and differences from enterprise zones, and prospects of empowerment zones to creat the community context necessary for greater local participation in economic development

Business · Context (archaeology) · Economic growth · Economics · Empowerment · Geography · Incentive · Local economic development · Market economy · Population · Social capital · Social science · Sociology · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban Planning and Governance

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