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Las Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border

In: Ten-Gallon Economy

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  • Jordana Barton
  • Emily Ryder Perlmeter
  • Elizabeth Sobel Blum
  • Raquel R. Márquez

Abstract

Texas has more than 2,200 colonias—unincorporated settlements often lacking basic services such as water, sewer, paved roads, and electricity. Primarily located along the border with Mexico, these communities are home to an estimated half-million people (mostly US citizens of Mexican-American descent) and represent some of the nation’s largest clusters of concentrated poverty. Drawing on traditional quantitative measures as well as surveys and interviews, we identify promising strategies and common elements of successful efforts over the past 20 years to improve life in these communities. They include adopting an integrated approach to problem solving rather than addressing issues individually, encouraging resident engagement, drawing on community assets such as bilingual skills and entrepreneurship, and creating more opportunities for residents to save and invest in their own communities.

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  • Jordana Barton & Emily Ryder Perlmeter & Elizabeth Sobel Blum & Raquel R. Márquez, 2015. "Las Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Pia M. Orrenius & Jesús Cañas & Michael Weiss (ed.), Ten-Gallon Economy, chapter 14, pages 213-229, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-53017-2_14
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137530172_14
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    Cited by:

    1. Ann Carpenter & Abram Lueders & Chris Thayer, 2017. "Informal Homeownership Issues: Tracking Contract for Deed Sales in the Southeast," FRB Atlanta Community and Economic Development Discussion Paper 2017-2, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
    2. Wolff, Lisa S. & Errichetti, Karen Sautter & Tapia Walker, Stephanie & Davis, Mary V. & Brodesky, Michelle Kuhns, 2020. "Striking a Balance between Program-Specific and Portfolio-Level Evaluation: Lessons Learned from a Multi-Site Evaluation on the Texas-Mexico Border," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 83(C).

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