Search Results - subject:"Local Development"

The development change agent : a micro-level approach to development

Theron, François (contributor) - 2008 - 1st ed

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Making Local Strategies Work : Building the Evidence Base

Potter, Jonathan (contributor) - 2008

This book aims to support the design and delivery of more effective local and regional economic development strategies. A crucial part of this process is the collection and use of evidence, on local needs and options and on what works and what does not. Each important step in the process of...

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Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events

2008

that local development is boosted in a meaningful way. Put simply, when international events are hosted well, they become a … catalyst for local development and global reach. This book identifies how international events work as a trigger for local … development and what hosting cities and nations can do to ensure that positive local development is realised. It reviews …

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Making local strategies work : building the evidence base

Potter, Jonathan (ed.) - 2008

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Local development benefits from staging major events

Clark, Greg - 2008

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Mural-based tourism as a strategy for rural community economic development

Koster, Rhonda L.P. - In: Advances in culture, tourism and hospitality research : …, (pp. 153-292). 2008

Towns and cities across Canada face rapidly changing economic circumstances and many are turning to a variety of strategies, including tourism, to provide stability in their communities. Community Economic Development (CED) has become an accepted form of economic development, with recognition...

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Do community-driven development projects enhance social capital? : evidence from the Philippines

Labonne, Julien - 2008

"This paper explores the social capital impacts of a large-scale, community-driven development project in the Philippines in which communities competed for block grants for infrastructure investment. The analysis uses a unique data set of about 2,100 households collected before the project...

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CONTEXTUALIZING LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Hasan, Lubna - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998

This paper explores the prospects of success of ‘Local Economic Development’ (LED) for the less developed countries. The concept had much success in the context of the developed world. The less developed countries, however, present a scenario where power and social structures present a...

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Incentives and Social Capital : Are Homeowners Better Citizens?

DiPasquale, Denise - 1998

Individuals invest in their local environments by volunteering, getting involved in local government, becoming informed about their political leaders, joining non-professional organizations and even gardening. Homeownership may encourage these investments because homeownership gives individuals...

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Social capital, lifelong learning and the management of place : an international perspective

Osborne, Michael (contributor) - 2007

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