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Reimagining the Midwest: Immigration Initiatives and the Capacity of Local Leadership

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

According to a new report, Midwestern policymakers—rather than federal leadership—must take action on immigration policy.

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Hans Isaacson
Migration

The Emerging Power of Big Data: The Chicago Experience

RESEARCH
Report

Using Chicago as a model, this report outlines big data strategies for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of cities around the world.

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Alan Ramirez
Global Cities

Growing the Heartland

RESEARCH
Report by Rob Paral

This report examines how immigrants offset population decline and an aging workforce in Midwest metropolitan areas.

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Lucas Ludwig
Migration

Advancing Global Food Security in the Face of a Changing Climate

RESEARCH
Report by Gerald C. Nelson

This report urges the US government to take action to curb the risks climate change poses to global food security.

Person working in a rice field. Food and Agriculture

2014  Chicago Council Immigration Survey

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

A Chicago Council on Global Affairs report which shows bipartisan support among Midwestern business leaders to pass immigration reform.

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Tom Gill
Public Opinion

Advancing Global Food Security: The Power of Science, Trade, and Business

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report urges the US government focus its global food security strategy on science, increasing trade flows for agriculture and food, and incentivizing greater business activity in low-income countries.

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Luke Thornton
Food and Agriculture

Agricultural Innovation: The United States in a Changing Global Reality

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report examines implications of increasingly influential roles of global business, agricultural research, and the limited national research capacity of developing countries.

A man stands in a field of grazing cattle on a cell phone. Food and Agriculture

US Economic Competitiveness at Risk: A Midwest Call to Action

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report highlights the role of immigration in ensuring the Midwest’s future competitiveness and prosperity and identifies necessary policy directions or interventions.

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Prateek Katyal
Migration

FDI: Globalizing Chicago's Economic Development Plans

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

The report highlights Chicago’s strengths, analyzes global city strategies, and offers recommendations the region can take to increase foreign investment.

Chicago skyline
Chris Favero
Global Cities

2012 Progress Report on U.S. Leadership in Global Agricultural Development

RESEARCH
Report by Coauthors

This report examines how policy changes have contributed to U.S. leadership in improving global food security.

A woman picking tea leaves at the Tea Research Institute of Sri Lanka, Talawakelle, Sri Lanka
Asantha Abeysooriya
Food and Agriculture