13931. A Procurement Path to Equity
- Author:
- Center for Urban Innovation
- Publication Date:
- 11-2020
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Aspen Institute
- Abstract:
- Local governments are big buyers. Here in the U.S., our state and city governments collectively spend 1.6 trillion dollars per year. But for too long, how and with whom our local governments spend their money has reinforced economic inequities in our country. Minority-owned small businesses have been historically locked out of opportunities to contract with governments, and the current crisis has disproportionately impacted these very enterprises.
- Topic:
- Governance, Inequality, Business, Local, Equality, and Equity
- Political Geography:
- North America and United States of America