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  <title>Place-Based Strategies: Strengthening Local Economies Through Labor Market Policies</title>
  <description>Place plays an important role in shaping the economic outcomes of residents. Place-based stratgies have long been used to address employment and mobility barriers in lower-income communities. However, evidence on the effectiveness of such intiatives has been mixed. During this seminar, presented by the Federal Reserve Banks of&amp;amp;nbsp;Atlanta&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Philadelphia on August 12, 2026, researchers examined the impact of workforce development programs, shared ideas to strengthen their effectiveness, and offered insights to help inform future place-based strategies. </description>
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