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A Case Study of the Enterprise Zone Program: “EZ†Avenue to Minority Economic Development?

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  • Sherri Leronda Wallace

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This article explores Pennsylvania’s enterprise zone program as an economic development strategy in one city—Philadelphia. Given the underlying corporate-centered focus of economic development policies, it focuses on whether such policies can effectively reduce the high rate of joblessness for central-city residents as well as increase the rate of business development for minority business owners. To have a long-term impact on minority communities, economic development policies should identify ways to increase minority economic development through entrepreneurship and job creation strategies.

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  • Sherri Leronda Wallace, 1999. "A Case Study of the Enterprise Zone Program: “EZ†Avenue to Minority Economic Development?," Economic Development Quarterly, , vol. 13(3), pages 259-265, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecdequ:v:13:y:1999:i:3:p:259-265
    DOI: 10.1177/089124249901300305
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