The Inclusive Growth Map™
Helping communities discover the opportunity in Opportunity Zones
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Introducing the new Inclusive Growth Map™
Methodology
Data-driven insights to measure and track inclusive growth
Our Inclusive Growth Score™ blends open-source public data with a proprietary layer of aggregated and anonymized Mastercard data. It represents the degree to which the environment, economy and community in a given Opportunity Zone benefit from equitable growth. When complemented by local knowledge, the Score helps identify opportunities for revitalization and measure the outcomes of investments.
Learn more“Real change calls for companies to take action: to bring to the table their technologies and infrastructure, capital and creativity and ability to scale solutions. When we do this, we create a sustainable system where everyone benefits – employees, citizens, customers, companies and governments.”
Data for Good
Better outcomes begin with better inputs
Mastercard leverages the power of data for good. It is committed to increasing the capacity of the public and social sectors to solve systemic problems using real evidence. All insights are developed under Mastercard’s deep and longstanding commitment to privacy and data protection, information security, and responsible data management.
Learn more“By integrating purpose into our business strategy, we recognize that success for the company is inextricably linked to the well-being of communities and countries. It is the path to shared prosperity that benefits us all.”
Bringing retail to Chicago’s South Side
The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth has been analyzing the effects of economic development in neighborhoods – in part by leveraging insights based on Mastercard’s anonymized and aggregated transaction data. One example of this insight-mining is an initiative that examined the economic growth potential of merchants as a result of increased traffic from bike-sharing programs and free Wi-Fi in New York City neighborhoods, another is how local crime may affect retail. The Center most recently turned its attention to Pullman.
Learn moreFinding the Path to Inclusive Growth
Nashville is one of the nation’s leading metro areas for automotive manufacturing and as automobiles become more information-enabled, communications equipment will be integral. The same equipment and services would also complement Nashville’s music recording industry. Information and communication technologies and services could also help unlock important new insights in clinical health, where Nashville is a leader.
Learn moreUsing Data-Driven Insights to Help Revive a Historic Neighborhood
“The CID district is helping to redevelop the social fabric of the neighborhood,” said Norman Barnum, chief financial officer for the New Orleans Business Alliance and project lead for development of the 25 Qualified Opportunity Zones in New Orleans, LA (NOLA). The Business Alliance is a public-private partnership and serves as the City of New Orleans official economic development organization. Barnum states further that “While you can’t take away the 50 years lost by the community because of the Interstate, the CID was put into place to recognize a wrong and create opportunity for a new right.”
Learn moreMeasuring the Impact of "Smart City" Innovations
Billions of dollars have been invested in everything from smart parking meters to smart street lights and entire electrical grids. Spending around the globe on smart-city initiatives could total $41 trillion over the next 20 years, according to some estimates. With such sums at stake and urban sustainability a growing priority for cities, policymakers, planners and investors alike are keen to understand the impact of these projects to determine whether they are indeed smart, at least financially. But the task is not easy.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Opportunity zones are not the only tool for potentially promoting inclusive growth, but they might be the newest, most significant addition to the toolbox of economic development.
Michael Froman
Vice Chairman and President, Strategic Growth for Mastercard
Integrating community, government and private sector data is a powerful approach to providing a better, more comprehensive view on economic development in distressed communities.
Michelle M. Thompson, PhD, GISP, FRGS
Data Fellow, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and Associate Professor, University of New Orleans
Data and capacity building are critical to supporting place-based economic development. We need more insights from real time data to learn how communities are changing.
Brett Theodos
Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute
Alongside high quality hyper local data and community capacity to properly engage stakeholders, Opportunity Zones have the potential to dramatically alter the landscape of community development.
Stephanie Copeland
CEO, The Governance Project
The next generation of place-based policymaking will require innovative tools to guide local strategy, measure impact, and empower policymakers to be more responsive to a changing economic landscape.
John Lettieri
President and CEO, Economic Innovation Group
Data-driven insights have helped us accelerate our timeline from what was a 20-year development plan to one that can be actioned in the next five years.
John Persinger
CEO, Erie Downtown Development Corporation
