An Economic Development Architecture For New Orleans

by McCarthy, Kevin F.

• ISBN13: 9780833043245
• ISBN10: 0833043242
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-20
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

In response to the current situation in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, this report provides recommendations regarding effective organizational and strategic approaches to revitalizing the city1s economy, identifies the best practices that other cities have used to foster economic development, describes how these practices might be applied to New Orleans, and considers historical trends and past development missteps.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Methods	p. 2
Organization of This Report	p. 3
Review of Economic Development Efforts	p. 5
Description of Comparison Cities	p. 5
Characteristics of Economic Development Programs	p. 6
Design Component	p. 8
Organizational Phase	p. 11
Implementation Phase	p. 13
Summary	p. 13
Economic Development in New Orleans	p. 15
Design Component	p. 15
Organizational Component	p. 23
Implementation Component	p. 29
Summary of Key Findings and Recommendations	p. 33
Overall Architecture	p. 33
Design Phase	p. 34
Organizational Phase	p. 36
Implementation Phase	p. 37
Development Agencies Researched	p. 39
Alphabetical List of Interviewees	p. 45
Bibliography	p. 47
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