Financing community development in the US: A comparison of "War on Poverty" and 1990s-era policy approaches

Review of Black Political Economy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-273

  Dymski, Gary Arthur ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinton and Bush administrations; Community development entities (CDEs); Community development finance institution; Financing and development; Low income housing; New Markets Tax Credit; New urban policy; US banking industry; War on Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449522262     PISSN: 00346446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12114-009-9050-6     Document Type: Article

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