European Commission 2017, REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS, Brussels, Belgium, URL: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/circular-economy/implementation_report.pdf European Commission, Towards a circular economy, URL: … [Read more...]
LD References [Bibliography]
Bibliography on governance and participative planning
Local government OECD 1985 The role of local government authorities in economic and employment development, OECD 1986 Employment creation policies: new roles for cities towns OECD .1999 Managing decentralisation, A new role for labour market policies OECD 2001 Cities for citizens, The role of metropolitan Governance ISEAT 2002 Experience from IR, UK and BE … [Read more...]
Bibliography on financing LED
Bartik, T. (1995). Economic Development Incentive Wars. Employment Research, Spring 1995. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. This short paper and related references provides a sound basis from which to consider monitoring and evaluation of financial incentives. http://www.upjohninst.org/publications/newsletter/tjb_595.pdf Darche, Benjamin. (1997). Financing … [Read more...]
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 deprivation) … [Read more...]
Bibliography on endogenous development
endogenous development Endogenous development This theory or approach has been based on a critique of 50s and 60s regional development theories and policies which produced unsatisfactory and unbalanced results in relation to expectations and to financial resources allocated by national governments. These ‘traditional regional policies’ emphasized the key role of mobility of … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Bibliography on financial instruments and financial engineering
financial engineering Financial instruments and financial engineering CRIDEL 1994 Valeur ajoutée et ingénierie du développement local, CE, DG REGIO Sevilla seminar report March 1993; and relevant final evaluation reports OECD2003. Private finance and Economic development: City and Regional Investment Bartik, T. 1995 Economic Development Incentive Wars. Employment … [Read more...]
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 ESF EAGGF). These programmes and their … [Read more...]
Bibliography from World Bank LED primer
LED Conceptual Framework Bingham, Richard D. and Robert Mier, Eds. (1993). Theories of Local Economic Development: Perspectives From Across the Disciplines. Sage Publications, CA. Blair, John P. (1996). Local Economic Development: Analysis and Practice. Sage Publications, Inc. Canzanelli, Giancarlo. (2001). Overview and Lessons Learnt on Local Economic Development, Human … [Read more...]
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 upon in order to solve … [Read more...]
Bibliography from ADETEF study
ACORD International SA, Evaluation intermédiaire du PIC EQUAL entre 2000 et 2002 Luxembourg (2003) Amin A, « Le soutien au local au Royaume-Uni : entre recul politique et engagement solidaire » in L’innovation sociale - émergence et effets sur la transformation des sociétés, Klein JL et Harrisson D, Presses de l’université du Québec (2007) Bachtler J, Future of the … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]