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 […]
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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. […]
Bibliography on community development
| Bibliography community development The renewal of community development and community economic development, in countries such as the UK, Ireland and the Nordic countries had the same origin as Local Employment Initiatives and endogenous development action or, in some countries with social economy and local inclusion initiatives. It has been subject to research, surveys and […]
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
ADE, (2009) “Ex post evaluation of cohesion policy programmes 2000-2006 cofinanced by the European Fund for Regional Development (Objectives 1 and 2) – Work package 5b: Environment and Climate Change”, June 2009, http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docgener/evaluation/pdf/expost2006/wp5b_ first_interim_report.pdf Abrahmson and Fombrum, (1994) “Macro culture: Determinants and Consequences”, Academy of Management Review, 19, 728–755. Abrahmson and Rosenkopf, (1993) “Institutional and […]
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 […]
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 Wallonia, […]
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 Mechanisms at the Subnational Level in Emerging Markets: Borrowings and Privatisations/Concessions. Infrastructure Note […]
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 capital and labour […]