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Sep 17 2021 Past Event City Form for Sustainable Growth Urban Development
Article August 19, 2021 Urban Innovation Essential to Achieve SDGs A new report suggests ways to support and accelerate the city-level innovation needed to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Advisory Board Member Lawrence Parks
CEO and Co-Founder, Forethought Advisors
State & Local Finance
Jun 18 2021 Past Event International Waste Chains: Tracing the Supply Chain from Formal Waste Collection to Informal Waste Processing Rapid Urbanization
May 20 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: The $2.3 Trillion American Jobs Plan and State and Local Infrastructure Needs State & Local Finance
Article May 19, 2021 Penn IUR Faculty Fellow Spotlight: Ken Steif Penn IUR interviews Ken Steif, Program Director, Penn MUSA and Associate Professor of Practice, Department of City and Regional Planning, as part of its semi-annual spotlight on Penn IUR Faculty Fellows. Urban Development
Article May 19, 2021 Essays in Urban and Public Economics State & Local Finance
Article April 21, 2021 Mayors Honored at 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum The Penn Institute for Urban Research presented Urban Leadership Awards on April 6 to two mayors who have set an example for their peers by rallying their cities around comprehensive plans. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Mayor Marvin Rees, of Bristol, England, received the awards at Penn IUR's 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum, in recognition of the transformative power of local leaders to guide cities toward a vibrant future. Anchor Institutions
Apr 20 2021 Past Event Third Annual Jeremy Nowak Lecture: Equitable Recovery and CDFIs Urban Development State & Local Finance
Apr 15 2021 Past Event Second Annual Wharton Future of Cities Conference Urban Development
Apr 15 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next State & Local Finance
Apr 06 2021 Past Event 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum: Mayoral Leadership in Challenging Times
Article March 24, 2021 Effective State and Local Leadership in the Age of COVID-19 Governor Phil Murphy was the keynote speaker at “State and Local Leadership Challenges in the Age of COVID-19,” a Livestream event on state and municipal fiscal and operational responses to COVID-19 and the latest in a series of webinars co-sponsored by Penn IUR and The Volcker Alliance. William Glasgall Michael A. Nutter Susan Wachter State & Local Finance Anchor Institutions
Mar 11 2021 Past Event State and Local Leadership Challenges in the Age of COVID-19
Article February 11, 2021 Economic Outlook for 2021 Mark Zandi, Chief Economist at Moody's Analytics and Penn IUR Fellow, offered his forecast for the year ahead at a recent webinar on state and local fiscal stability hosted by Penn IUR and the Volcker Alliance. Mark Zandi State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Mortgage Securitization in the Covid-19 Era: Commentary (Layton) Don Layton Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Mortgage Securitization in the Covid-19 Era: Commentary (Calhoun) Michael Calhoun Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 FHFA’s Capital Rule Is a Step Backward Mark Zandi Jim Parrott Bob Ryan Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 Analysis of the Proposed 2020 FHFA Rule on Enterprise Capital Laurie Goodman Edward Golding Jun Zhu Housing State & Local Finance
Research Paper December 21, 2020 The Mortgage Market as a Stimulus Channel in the Covid-19 Crisis Laurie Goodman Susan Wachter Edward Golding Richard Green Housing State & Local Finance

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