Mildred Warner

Location: Ithaca, NY
Phone: 607.255.6816
Fax: 607-255-1971
E-mail: mew15@cornell.edu
Web site: http://economicdevelopment.cce.cornell.edu

EXPERTISE

Dr. Warner is an expert on economic development theory, policy and strategy, regional economic analysis and business, planning and policy models. She has lots of experience linking economic development and planning with child care issues.

Current Positions

Associate Professor, Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning

Previous Positions

Research Associate, Cornell University Community and Rural Development Institute; Program Officer Ford Foundation

Education

PhD Development Sociology, Cornell University. MS Agricultural Economics, Cornell University. BA History, Oberlin College.

Short Bio

Mildred Warner is an Associate Professor in the Development of City and Regional Planning at Cornell University where her work focuses primarily on local government service delivery and new community development models for addressing human resources. Dr. Warner's research explores the impact of privatization and devolution on local government and the role of human services as part of the social infrastructure for economic development. Her work shows potential for market based solutions in public service delivery but also raises cautions about the uneven incidence of market approaches in depressed inner city and rural areas. Dr. Warner has a Ph.D. in Development Sociology, a Masters in Agricultural Economics from Cornell University and a BA in History from Oberlin College. She is author of numerous referred articles and book chapters and has received major research grants from the UADA National Research Initiative and Hatch program to look at the impacts of devolution and privatization on local government service delivery, and grants from the UD Dept. of Health and Human Services, Rauch and Kellogg Foundations to explore the links between economic development and child care. Dr. Warner has a strong extension orientation and consults widely with local government and union leaders on local government reform, and with child care policy makers and business leaders on economic development strategies to support social infrastructure. Recent work has taken her to Spain, England, New Zealand, Australia, Ecuador and Bulgaria. She also has served as a Research Associate with the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, DC where she spent her sabbatical in 2005. Prior to her appointment in Planning at Cornell, she served as a program officer with the Ford Foundation for three years and as Associate Director of Cornell's Community and Rural Development Institute where she brought policy makers, community development practitioners and academics together to explore new approaches to community development. Copies of recent articles and research can be found at her websites http://government.cce.cornell.edu, http://economicdevelopment.cce.cornell.edu

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