Brookings Institution

Since 2003, the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program has released a series of important research reports on Pennsylvania and Philadelphia. http://www.brookings.edu/metro.aspx

The Washington, DC-based Brookings Institution is one of the largest and most frequently-cited think-tanks in the world. It undertakes research and analysis on a wide variety of topics.

Relevant reports from the Metropolitan Policy Program:

2003 - Back to Prosperity: A Competitive Agenda for Renewing Pennsylvania

2007 - Committing to Prosperity: Moving Forward on the Agenda to Renew Pennsylvania

2008 - Recent Immigration to Philadelphia: Regional Change in a Re-Emerging Gateway

2008 - The Political Geography of Pennsylvania: Not Another Rust Belt State