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How Policymaking Can Address Urgent Child Care Challenges and Opportunities in Texas

Texas continues to face a persistent challenge to provide accessible and high-quality child care at an affordable rate. As the state’s municipalities, philanthropic allies, private sector, and families address this challenge, child care is poised to become one of the paramount policy issues confronting the Texas Legislature when it convenes for the 89th session in January 2025. Supporting the care and early development of the state’s young children can benefit all Texans. And it will take agents from many facets—state and local government, community organizations, and child care advocates of all kinds—to make it happen.LBJ School of Public Affair

Benchmarking Miami’s Talent Base

Talent is a key driver of advanced economies. Highly educated and skilled individuals drive income, wages, and economic growth in cities and metros across the globe1 . As Miami aspires to the ranks of leading global cities, how does its talent base stack up?https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1007/thumbnail.jp

Stuck in Traffic: For Greater Miami to Become a Leading Startup Hub, Better Mobility Is a Must

The world is abuzz with talk of a mobility revolution. This encompasses new modes of transportation, from ride sharing and electric cars to bike sharing, scooters, and even self-driving cars. But how much of that is hype, and how much is reality? In Greater Miami—as in much of rest of the country—the vast majority of people still depend on their cars to get around.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1001/thumbnail.jp

Miami’s Housing Affordability Crisis

Miami’s downtown skyline is dotted with construction cranes, as endless new condos and apartments are built throughout the city. But the new construction is misleading: Greater Miami—the tri-county metropolitan region spanning MiamiDade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties—faces a severe crisis of housing unaffordability that stems from the dual problem of high housing costs and low wages.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1003/thumbnail.jp

Toward A More Inclusive Region: Inequality and Poverty in Greater Miami

Greater Miami has many things going for it: beautiful weather, a thriving economy, and a unique, international culture. Also known as the Miami metro, the tri-county region that spans Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties is the nation’s eighth-largest metro. With an economic output of $300 billion, it’s about the size of Singapore and Hong Kong. The region is attracting people from the U.S. and abroad and boasts a foreign-born population three times larger than the U.S. average.1 Its renewed downtown skyline is filled with gleaming new high-rise condos and office towers. And its rapidly growing startup ecosystem is one of the 10 largest in the U.S. and among the top 30 or so in the worldhttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1002/thumbnail.jp

Benchmarking Miami’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship

The Miami metro—which spans Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties—is an aspiring hub for entrepreneurship and innovation. While Miami has long been a breeding ground for small businesses, the economic value of these businesses has historically trailed behind that of leading tech hubs like the San Francisco Bay Area, Austin, Seattle, and Boston-Cambridge. But the tide appears to be turning in Miami’s favor.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1006/thumbnail.jp

Miami After HQ2

With Amazon’s search for its second headquarters or “HQ2” finally over, it’s time for Greater Miami to get back to the business of building its own economy. The fact that Miami was selected as one of 20 finalists out of the 238 cities that applied to the original request for proposals reflects the tremendous strides the region has made in the economic development arena. And, the region’s effort to come together to offer eight potential site locations across the three county mega-region—with the leadership of the Miami-Dade Beacon Council and support from the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance and the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County—demonstrates a tremendous step forward for an area with such a long history of fragmented and balkanized leadershiphttps://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1004/thumbnail.jp

Benchmarking Miami’s Globalization

The Miami Metro—which spans Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties—has quickly ascended the ranks of global powerhouses. In 2017, Miami ranked 30th on A.T. Kearney’s Global Cities Index, just behind Frankfurt and Dubai. With its enviable location, prominent international airport, and major port, Miami now serves as an economic and financial hub for Latin America and a gateway to Europe and the rest of the world.https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/mufi-reports/1005/thumbnail.jp

Pathways to Energizing the Basin: A Policy Research Project

The Permian Basin is a diverse region full of potential forgrowth and development in the cities of Midland and Odessa.The University of Texas Permian Basin can help facilitate this necessary change, providing an opportunity to unite the region.Quantitative and qualitative analyses were done over the past year, which allowed for informed strategy recommendations. A vision statement will help the university navigate the strategy recommendations:The University of Texas Permian Basin will be a hub and connector for the region’s engagement, enrichment, and innovation.IC2 InstituteLBJ School of Public Affair