TY - UNPB
T1 - Promoting local economic development
T2 - a review of City Summit best practices
AU - Manuel, Thelma Castillo
PY - 1997/2
Y1 - 1997/2
N2 - Using thirty-two case studies from developing and industrialized countries, this paper classifies the innovative strategies undertaken by local governments to promote economic development according to the following areas of concern: (a) institutional framework for the promotion of local economic development (LED), (b) type of LED strategy, and (c) administrative reforms. Based on these classifications, the role of local government is discerned as being more in the category of a mediator - i.e., stimulator, facilitator, coordinator, - than being directly a producer of jobs and investments. The cases used in this study are taken from the UNCHS-developed Best Practice Initiatives database which is seen to be a very powerful source of information since it reveals global preferences for the best approaches to address local concerns.
AB - Using thirty-two case studies from developing and industrialized countries, this paper classifies the innovative strategies undertaken by local governments to promote economic development according to the following areas of concern: (a) institutional framework for the promotion of local economic development (LED), (b) type of LED strategy, and (c) administrative reforms. Based on these classifications, the role of local government is discerned as being more in the category of a mediator - i.e., stimulator, facilitator, coordinator, - than being directly a producer of jobs and investments. The cases used in this study are taken from the UNCHS-developed Best Practice Initiatives database which is seen to be a very powerful source of information since it reveals global preferences for the best approaches to address local concerns.
M3 - Working paper
T3 - ISS working papers. General series
BT - Promoting local economic development
PB - International Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
CY - Den Haag
ER -
