# Economic Development

Skill · Business and Management

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/economic-development

Economic development refers to the process and practice of improving a region's economic well-being through job creation, infrastructure investment, business attraction, and workforce training. Professionals in this field work for city and state governments, chambers of commerce, or nonprofit development agencies to attract employers, revitalize communities, and reduce poverty. It combines policy analysis, urban planning, and public-private partnership building.

Related skills: [Community Development](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/community-development), [Urban Planning](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/urban-planning), [Grant Writing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/grant-writing), [Financial Inclusion](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/financial-inclusion), [Workforce Development](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/workforce-development)

## Open roles requiring Economic Development (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.