This timely book takes a wide-angled look at how the field of community development is evolving in an era of reduced resources, changing priorities, privatization, competition, and performance management at the federal, state, and local government levels, as well as for non-profits and private...

This paper navigates the intersection of environmental sustainability and economic growth, emphasizing the imperative of green growth strategies at the local level. With climate change concerns looming large, the pursuit of green growth presents both ambition and challenge for regions worldwide....

This paper presents findings of a study that examined the extent to which local economic-development policies and programs align with their stated goals. States and cities invest tremendous resources each year in efforts to reinvigorate struggling municipalities through economic-development...

Despite the huge potential of information and communication technology (ICT) to assist communities to improve the lives of citizens in different ways through community development initiatives, there are still examples of failing ICT access centres while the number of sustainable e-centres is on...

This paper assesses the welfare impacts of local investments projects in rural areas of Guatemala. Using census track data from two rounds of the Guatemalan population census, we find, as expected, that local investment in schools significantly boost enrollment and normal progression in school,...

It was only in 1930’s and, especially, in the 50’s, that São Paulo (and its Metropolitan Region) became the main industrial hub of Brazil. It was the “Plano de Metas” of President Juscelino Kubitschek that led to the introduction of mass manufacturing industries, with emphasis on the...