Driven to create a more robust, fair and sustainable economy for all of us, CFED is fueled by the belief that there is a tremendous amount of untapped potential in low-income people and distressed communities. We identify promising ideas, test and refine them to figure out what works, craft policies and products to help good ideas reach scale, and foster new markets to achieve maximum impact.

Focus: Expanding Individual Assets

• Individual Development Accounts (IDAs)
• The SEED Policy & Practice Initiative
• 2007-2008 Assets And Opportunity Scorecard
• Native IDA Initiative
• American Dream Demonstration
• 2006 Assets Learning Conference Recap
• Federal Reserve Forums: Innovations In Asset Building Policy, Products And Programs
• State Policy Resource Center For Children's Savings Accounts
• Bank On San Francisco
• Return On Investment: Getting More From Federal Asset-Building Policies

Focus: Promoting Entrepreneurship

• State Microenterprise Systems
• Native Entrepreneurship
• Rural Entrepreneurship
• National Fund For Enterprise Development
• Small And Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) And Poverty Reduction
• Kellogg EDS Collaboratives
• State Microenterprise Association Capacity Building Toolkit
• Self-Employment Tax Initiative (SETI)

Focus: Improving Capital Markets

• Documenting The CDFI Field
• Local Capital Markets Investment Fund
• The Savings And Credit Toolkit
• Wachovia NEXT Awards

Focus: Managing Public Assets

• 2007 Development Report Card For The States
• 2006 Development Report Card For The States
• 2004 Development Report Card For The States
• Business Incentives Reform

Focus: Engaging Other Nations

• Global Trade And Investment

Focus: Advancing Affordable Housing

• Preserving Affordable Rental Housing In America
• Manufactured Housing Initiatives

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