#003. Rodrick Miller: Economic development following a crisis

11/03/22 • 54 min

Rodrick Miller is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, where he engages with a range of initiatives, including Reimagining the Economy. He is also the President & CEO of Ascendant Global Consulting. Miller has spent the last 20 years leading a range of economic development agencies across the US, including Invest Puerto Rico, the Detroit Economic Growth Organization, the New Orleans Business Alliance and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.

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In this fascinating and wide ranging discussion, Rod shares his experience leading regions like Puerto Rico, Detroit and New Orleans through and after periods of economic shock. We also dive into several other topics:

the economic development landscape across the country

political pressures on economic development

local experimentation, coordination challenges and institutional arrangements

Learn more about the Reimagining the Economy project: http://reimagining-the-economy.hks.harvard.edu

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the economic development landscape across the country

political pressures on economic development

local experimentation, coordination challenges and institutional arrangements

Learn more about the Reimagining the Economy project: http://reimagining-the-economy.hks.harvard.edu

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#002. Matt Hurlbutt: Growing business in the Greater Rochester Area

Matt Hurlbutt is President and CEO of Greater Rochester Area (GRE). The GRE is an economic development organization that helps attract new capital investments, create regional wealth, and new jobs throughout the Greater Rochester, NY region. In this episode, we talk about:

the role economic development agents play in helping a region grow

what it takes to attract and retain businesses in a region

institutional partnerships with other partners and agencies, like workforce development

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#004. Piero Ghezzi: Peru's 'Mesas Ejecutivas' approach

Piero Ghezzi has worn many hats. An economist and an entrepreneur, he has also served as the Minister of Production of Peru, where he designed and implemented a novel methodology - Mesas Ejecutivas - to implement productive development policies through public-private collaboration.

Ghezzi tells us about the thinking behind this methodology, the process of implementing it, and how it helped address a range of public-public coordination failures and built trust between the government and the private sector.

We also talk about the risk of elite capture and the need to build state capacity across all levels of governance.

And, of course, we discuss all of this in the context of Peru’s economic development challenges, including regional imbalances and informality.

Learn more about the Reimagining the Economy project: http://reimagining-the-economy.hks.harvard.edu