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Unless stimulus packages have specific funding for businesses in lower-income areas, the money won't get there. The authors argue that the Fed and the Treasury need to buy loans of the most vulnerable businesses, so that Community Development Finance Institutes (CDFIs) can survive.

As our lives become increasingly digital, the economic gap between those who can leverage technology to get by and get ahead, and the many who cannot, is only widening. There has never been a more important time to build a digital economy that works for everyone, everywhere. Along with founding partner, the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, Aspen is bringing together thinkers and doers to tackle this urgent crisis.Launched in October 2019 with an&nbsp;<a href="http://www.globalinclusivegrowthsummit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size: 16px;">inaugural summit</a>, the Global Inclusive Growth Partnership (GIGP) combines the expertise and networks of both the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size: 16px;">Aspen Institute</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth&nbsp;to address systemic issues across a range of topics including financial security, the future of workers and portable benefits, growing micro and small businesses, and commercially-sustainable social impact. Through research, synthesis, and&nbsp;convenings, GIGP aims to catalyze new partnerships and shine a spotlight on innovative, data-driven, and scalable solutions to build a more inclusive and resilient economy for all.Our work is anchored by four pillars:Financial InclusionShaping the next- generation global financial inclusion agenda to move beyond access and count financial security outcomes as the measure of success.Benefits21Modernizing benefits design &amp; delivery to address the needs of today’s workforce with a new system of worker-centered, tech-enabled portable benefits.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/benefits21/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="font-size: 16px;">Learn more.&nbsp;</a>Supporting StriversDriving innovation and scale in the systems that support micro and small businesses domestically and globally, and catalyzing deeper support for Striver success as a cornerstone of inclusive growth in a digital economy.Corporate LeadershipFostering and activating private-sector leadership in support of inclusive growth

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Through research, synthesis, and convenings, GIGP aims to catalyze new partnerships and scalable solutions to build a more inclusive and resilient economy for all.

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The Most Vulnerable Small Businesses & Communities Will Be Left Behind without Targeted Action: The Fed and Treasury Can Make Sure They are Not