OnBackground

An online journal of politics, policy, and society with a special focus on Maryland -- Contact: on_background at yahoo.com.

Monday, March 22, 2004

People-centered Development

A Maryland/DC local of the Service Employees Union International has an interesting critique of development in Baltimore as being investor-centered and providing little economic benefit and few good jobs to the people of the city. Although not a new theory, it delves into some of the reasons that not all development necessarily helps those who should be helped.