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The Inclusive Business Initiative website is an initiative of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development to provide information to states and local governments, as well as diverse small businesses and their advocates, in order to further the inclusive business programs of public agencies. This initiative is a key component of the Insight Center's work to advance strategies that build family and community assets and help overcome the racial wealth gap.|
Quick Links Link to information related to state inclusive business programs: Overview of State M/WBE Program and Goals Affirmative Procurement Programs |
News May 8 Webinar on 'Effective Mentor-Protégé Initiatives in M/W/DBE Programs' March 4 Webinar presentations: "State Programs for Minority- and Women-Business Development and Procurement" The Insight Center releases the first ever report, Executive Summary, and impact study on the inclusive business policies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Join our e-newsletter mailing list the InBizBlog Definitions - What are inclusive business programs? |
Are states moving away from economic development strategies that specifically target minority and women owned business enterprises (M/WBEs)? The following trend line emphatically suggests 'no'. By tracking year-by-year changes in state policies such as affirmative procurement, supplier diversity, loan programs for M/WBEs, and M/WBE targeted business services, the Insight Center has been able to create the following 1996-2006 state policy trend line.
This chart is based on the average state inclusive business policy index. The inclusive business policy index is a composite score from 0 to 4, based on such state policies as affirmative procurement, supplier diversity, M/WBE finance programs, and M/WBE targeted business services. An index of 0 is equivalent to no inclusive business programs; an index of 4 indicates a state with extensive and effective inclusive business programs, with all of the mentioned components and significant actual procurement from M/WBEs.
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