Title: Long-term Persistence Author: Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales Publication Type: paper (62 pages); ISBN 978-2-213-65560-4 Year of Publication: 2013 Publisher: EIEF (Einuadi Institute for Economics and Finance) Working Paper 23/13 LINK Abstract: This paper provides an empirical investigation on the long-term cultural persistence of “civic capital” (i.e. trust and cooperation) as a […]
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LDnet | Local Economic Development and its Potential
Karl Birkhoelzer_Local_Economic_Development_and_its_Potential_2008.pdf We are re-publishing this paper by Dr. Karl Birkhölzer (with his permission)
Leader evaluation in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Jela Tvrdonova The evaluation of rural development policies – in compliance with the EU Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework is the process of the assessment of the public and private funds intervention according its results, impacts and needs, which shall be satisfied. The evaluation deals with the effectiveness, efficiency and relevance of the intervention logic […]
LDnet | Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Local Processes and Global Patterns
reviews Title Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: Local Processes and Global Patterns (New Horizons in Regional Science) Hardcover Authors Charlie Karlsson(cache) (Editor), Borje Johansson(cache) (Editor), Roger R. Stough(cache) (Editor) Publication Type Year of Publication Publishers Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, 2010. Hardback. Price: £89.95 Abstract: The expert contributions consider local processes such as entrepreneurship, new […]
LDnet | bibliography on sustainable urban regeneration
Colantonio, A. and Dixon, T. (eds) (2010) Bibliography, in Urban Regeneration & Social Sustainability: Best Practice from European Cities, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 0.1002/9781444329445.biblio Chapter 1 APUDG (2009) Regeneration and the Recession. All Party Urban Development Group, London. Barton, H., Grant, M. & Guise, R. (2003) Shaping Neighbourhoods: A Guide for Health, Sustainability and Vitality. […]
Capacity Building for CLLD: Resources
Selected resources of relevance to LDnet working groups on capacity building Social innovation: Guide to Social Innovation: http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/presenta/social_innovation/social_innovation_2013.pdf Urban-Rural: Study on topics and policy issues concerning sustainable rural-urban relations in Europe (see attached file, below) Activities on Urban-Rural Linkages (see attached file, below) The Krakow Declaration (see attached file, below) Bridging the rural/urban divide: solutions […]
LDnet | Canzanelli
| Canzanelli Canzanelli, Giancarlo. (2001). Overview and Lessons Learnt on Local Economic Development, Human Development, and Decent Work. ILO Universitas Working Paper.
Bibliography on urban development
In urban areas, following the emergence of pockets of high unemployment and poverty, urban decay and riots, the local approach was focussed on the analysis of distressed neighbourhoods and on policy responses based on regeneration and revitalisation. These areas have been the subject of surveys, databases of deprivation statistics (e.g. the UK’s Index of multiple […]
Bibliography on third sector and third system
Bagnasco A et Trigilia C 1993 La construction sociale du marché: le défi de la troisième Italie, Paris, Cachan Yale University International Program on non-profit organisations publishes the international scientific journal ‘‘Non Profit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly’’. International Centre of Research and Information on the Public and Cooperative Economy (CIRIEC) add link X. Greffe 2006 […]
Bibliography on territorial employment pacts
Territorial employment pacts were a programme of 84 urban and rural partnership groupings launched in 1997 in the face of the employment crisis. Each one was granted a small amount of technical assistance (normally €250,000) to produce a strategy and action plan. The Pacts were supported by the three major funds of the day (ERDF […]
Bibliography on social capital
social capital The well known seminal work by Robert Putnam – based on research conducted in Italy and later in the USA- was based on vitality and engagement of civil societies and citizens as stakeholders in local/community/neighbourhoods development. Social capital commonly refers to the stocks of social trust, norms, and networks that people can draw […]
Bibliography on small firms, entrepreneurship and job creation
smes see also especially the EQUAL compendium on inclusive entrepreneurship R. Berger (ed.) 1982 Investing in America, Initiatives for community and economic development, David Birch 1983 Job-creation in America, how our smallest companies put the most people to work Free Press, Macmillan, Rolf Hickman 1988 The job creation Process, a synthesis of US Research and […]