This article sets out to analyse the relation between agglomeration economies -both the Marshall-Arrow-Romer type (economies ofspecialization) and the Jacobs-Porter type (economies of diversification)- and the unequal development of Brazilian municipalities as estimated by labour productivity...

This book examines the conceptual foundations of participatory approaches to building local institutions and builds an analytical framework in which civic participation is viewed as a potential solution to specific civil society, market, and government failures. It then uses this framework to...

Social innovation and community development: concepts, theories and challenges / Frank Moulaert -- Historical roots of social change : philosophies and movements / Flavia Martinelli -- ALMOLIN: how to analyse social innovation at the local level? / Sara González, Frank Moulaert and Flavia...

During the seventies, economic base theory has been considered only as a theoretical framework for regional development analysis. But with the renewal of its concepts and models, this theory may represent a tool to help decision makers. Indeed, economic base models are able to bring knowledge on...

This article is situated at the intersection of the debates over the role of democracy in enhancing development and regarding human rights-based approaches to development. Decentralization acts as a lens through which the interaction of democratization, development, and human rights can be...

Recently, in France, some farmers have decided to develop traditional farm biofuels, through the production of pure oleaginous oil. This production requires the acquisition of small colza and sunflower oil presses, which gives rise to the pooling of resources between farmers in local...

The recent moves towards the insertion of biofuels in the energy matrix of a number of countries are opening new prospects for agricultural production and for agroindustrial chains. The emergence of this new productive base raises new research issues: in what circumstances are the structuring,...

Industrial districts – and especially industrial districts in Italy – have been put forth as a model of economic development premised on the deep rooting of firms in a local socio-economic system that is both rich in skills and tied into international flows of goods and knowledge. But there...