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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01xs55mg324| Title: | Main St. Marshall Plan: From poverty to prosperity |
| Other Titles: | Main Street Marshall Plan |
| Keywords: | Community development, Urban—United States African Americans—Economic conditions |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | National Urban League |
| Place of Publication: | New York |
| Description: | It is time for the nation to treat its urban communities and cities as the jewels that they are. Our cities and urban communities are the economic drivers of the nation. They are where our great universities are situated, where our great cultural institutions exist, the center of the hopes, aspirations, and diversity of our nation. They define America to the world. We are inspired by this undeniable reality to propose a comprehensive plan to rebuild and accelerate the growth of America’s urban communities and its people – and by doing so, we accelerate the growth and progress of the nation as a whole. In 2016, in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the State of Black America, the National Urban League reiterated the need for a bold and comprehensive plan to lift urban communities out of poverty and stimulate their economic growth, and embark on the development of the Main Street Marshall Plan. African Americans were disproportionately battered by the Great Recession and have benefited least from the fragile economic recovery that followed. The Black unemployment rate remains double the rate for whites. Black Americans continue to lag behind in wealth, income and homeownership, and across all educational levels. The Main Street Marshall Plan: From Poverty to Shared Prosperity is a forward-leaning investment of $4 trillion over 10 years - $2 trillion for physical infrastructure such as roads, bridges and buildings, and $2 trillion for human development, such as education, job training and health insurance. The Main Street Marshall Plan is aimed not only at combating poverty but at promoting equality and eliminating disparities. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01xs55mg324 |
| Related resource: | https://soba.iamempowered.com/sites/soba.iamempowered.com/files/main_street_marshall_plan_2017.pdf |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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