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This new IEDC report looks at how U.S. States and two dependent territories (Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are preparing for and dealing with the economic impacts of disaster events. The report begins with an attempt to define resilience. ...

The 2018 Annual Conference in Atlanta, Georgia included a morning forum, on October 3, on Economic Recovery from extreme weather events. The purpose of the forum was to capture and analyze the insights from economic developers in disaster-impacted ...

The International Economic Development Council (IEDC) organized the "Island Economic Resiliency Roundtable," a special event for island-based economic developers, community leaders and subject matter experts that took place in Atlanta, Georgia on ...

On August 25, 2017, after Hurricane Harvey struck the Gulf Coast, the small Texas cities of Rockport and Fulton faced a true crisis.With $125 billion in damage from Harvey, most of the attention of the media and federal government was focused on ...