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.

Economic Development Quarterly. February (1999). For those interested in a more detailed understanding of contemporary issues in urban local economic development monitoring and evaluation, please note that there are a series of informative articles in this publication.

Erickcek, G. (1996). Developing Community Economic Outcomes Measures. Employment Research, March 1996. W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. The Upjohn Institute is keenly interested in LED and monitoring and evaluation. This paper looks at outcome measures and how they should be used.

Iannone, D. (1999). ‘An Assessment of the Costs, Benefits, and Overall Impacts of the State of Ohio’s Local Economic Development Programmes’. Prepared by The Urban Centre, Maxine Goodman Levine College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, for the State of Ohio Economic Advisory Committee. The study provides one of the most comprehensive assessments of local economic development programs yet published. As such, it will be very helpful to all those looking to develop national and local area economic development programs and policies and will be referred to frequently in this report. As a universal disclaimer, the contents of the report do not necessarily reflect the views of the state of Ohio or a consensus of the local economic development Advisory Committee.

http://www.state.oh.us/obm/media/articles/economicstudy.asp(cache)

Jenkins, N. and M. Bennett. (1999). ‘Toward an Empowerment Zone Evaluation’. Economic Development Quarterly. Vol. 13 No. 1. Sage Publications, CA. An informative article on developing evaluation methods for Empowerment Zones in the US

Reese, Laura A and David Fasenfest. (1999). Key Perspectives on Local Development Policy Evaluation. Economic Development Quarterly, Vol. 13 No. 1 February. 3-7 Sage Publications.

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