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 […]
Bibliography on rural development
rural development Rural development In rural areas, local initiatives were closely connected with the creation of new firms and development in agriculture processing, other industries, tourism and business, personal, social and public services. They have been supported, in several Member States by setting up Rural Development Agencies, the creation of priority areas for specially deprived […]
Bibliography on new sources of jobs
During the 90s the EU Forward Studies Unit explored the economic potential of a second wave of Local Employment Development Initiatives (ILDE) in 19 fields of activities at local level and collected best practices examples from all over Europe. EC 1995 The local development and employment initiatives, an investigation in the European Union. Working Paper […]
Bibliography on urban regeneration and social sustainability
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. […]
Community-led local development: making it a success
This statement has been prepared by a group of LDnet experts and is supported by several European civil society organisations and networks with a long experience and deep knowledge of local development for their consideration and endorsement. Community-led local development: making it a success In this common statement, a number of European civil society […]
Participatory evaluation of local development
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 […]
Bibliography on monitoring and evaluation
Bartik, T. (2002). Evaluating the Impact of Local Economic Development Polices on Local Economic Outcomes: What has been done and what is doable? Upjohn Institute Staff Working Paper No.03-89. Beauregard, Robert A. (1999). The Local Employment Fulcrum: Evaluating Local Economic Performance. Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 13, No. 1. February 1999. pp. 23-28. Sage Publications, CA. […]
Bibliography on local employment initiatives
OECD 1985 Creating Jobs at the local level. Series of Consultations of actors at the local level in 1984-86(reports by C.J.Hull and by Peter Kunstler) POVERTY and ERGO ( inclusion of long term unemployed at local level) The Local Employment Development Action (LEDA) Programmes (1, 2 and 3)1987-1996 a network of 50 local areas/labour markets […]
Bibliography on local development
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Bibliography on industrial districts and clusters
From industrial districts to clusters. Discussions on ‘flexible specialisation’, on local embedness and networks of firms have produced a literature based on a large number of concepts such as industrial districts, local productive systems, innovative milieus and clusters, and more recently, on learning regions and interactive learning, innovation networks, regional and local innovative systems, technology […]
Bibliography on inclusion and integration
R.Meir 1993 Social Justice and Local Development Policy.Sage Publications, Newbury Park. Peter Lloyd (with Richard Meegan, Bernadette O’Neil, Graham Haughton, Sophy Krajewska and Ivan Turok) 1996 Social and economic inclusion through regional development: the Community Economic Development priority in European Structural Funds programmes in Great Britain. DG REGIO Percy-Smith, J. and Sanderson, I., 1992. Understanding […]