Locational Factors

Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2003
AIM Policy Center, GTZ et al. / 2004
"The project assesses the capacity of cities to provide an environment that nurtures the dynamism of its local enterprises and industries;
It assesses the general ability of the city to attract investments, entrepreneurs, and residents and uplift the living standards of its residents;
The project provides a benchmarking process that will aid individual cities in measuring competitiveness."
(ppt-presentation, 812KB, 33 charts)

Best Practices in Local Development
OECD-LEED / 1999
"This publication is the result of a study carried out by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Programme between July and December 1998 on good practices and transferability in local development policy in less developed regions.[..] A review of recent policy developments was undertaken, three detailed case studies were carried out of local development policy experiences and an experts seminar convened in Paris to draw out lessons for less developed territories in the OECD. The book identifies the strong potential of the local development approach to help regenerate the economies and societies of less developed regions and to bring greater local participation in the decision-making and actions that underpin restructuring. This book reviews some of these challenges, innovations and lessons and provides some practical examples that will help local actors to make informed decisions on the policy strategies, structures and actions to apply in their own areas."
(pdf-file, 1,18MB, 128pp.)

Évaluation et prospective de l'économie locale - Organsiation de l'équipe et termes de référence
Laurent Bossard, Francois-Paul Yatta / Club du Sahel / Manuel ECOLOC, Band 1 / 2001
(pdf-file, 307KB, 44pp.)

Managing the economy locally in Africa - Assessing local economies and their prospects
Laurent Bossard / Club du Sahel / ECOLOC Handbook vol 1 / 2001
"The programme to revive local economies in West Africa, called ECOLOC, was launched jointly by the Club du Sahel and the Municipal Development Programme (West and Central Africa module), to support the current decentralisation process in the region. It is based on the obvious truth that any decentralisation process that did not have a positive effect on local development would fail in itsobjective and would be highly likely to arouse serious disillusionment with democracy. To minimise this risk, it is essential that local actors be able to identify the levers they can use to make their areas more pleasant to live in, more competitive and more attractive."
(pdf-file, 975KB, 63pp.)

Applying the comprehensive LED approach - The case of Mozambique (Local Economic Development Agencies in Mozambique)
Geert van Boekel and Marjon van Longtestijn / ILO / 2002
"The present study provides a practical illustration of how the LED Approach can be implemented in post-conflict situations. Through a process of consensus building, participatory decision-making and opening channels for dialogue between different economic and social partners, the LED Approach has been successful in rooting a new round of local economic development in three provinces of Mozambique (Manica, Maputo and Sofala)."
(pdf-file, 720KB, 60pp.)

Évaluation et prospective de l'économie locale - Prise en compte de la dimension spatiale des économies locales
Michel Arnaud /  Club du Sahel / Manuel ECOLOC Band 1 / 2001
Le terme “Guide méthodologique” a été préféré à celui de Méthodologie, s’agissant de la prise en compte de la dimension spatiale dans l’étude ECOLOC, pour rendre compte de la spécificité de l’approche spatiale des problèmes de développement. On ne peut pas, en effet, proposer en la matière une méthodologie rigoureuse comme cela peut être fait pour l’approche économique
(pdf-file, 2,1 MB, 86pp.)

Kommunale Wirtschafts- und Beschäftigungsförderung in Europa: Eine Analyse ausgewählter Instrumente und Erfahrungen mit Relevanz für Armutsminderung in Entwicklungsländern
Rolf Bergs, Karlheinz Knickel / 1998
Gutachten im Auftrag des Sektorprojekt: Armutsminderung durch Wirtschafts- und Beschäftigungsförderung Darstellung und Analyse von Instrumenten, die erfolgreich in Ländern der Europäischen Union eingesetzt wurden und im Rahmen der Technischen Zusammenarbeit in Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika angewandt werden können
(winword-file, 216KB, 54pp.)

Lokale und regionale Standortpolitik. Jenseits von Industriepolitik und traditioneller Wirtschaftsförderung - Perspektiven für Entwicklungsländer
Jörg Meyer-Stamer / INEF / 1999
Entwurf eines INEF-Meso-NRW- Working Papers (Mai 1999). Ausgehend vom Wandel der Wirtschaftsförderung in den Industrieländern sieht der Autor die Chance für die EL darin, von den in den IL gemachten Erfahrungen "einer Stimulierung des lokalen Potentials" zu profitieren und im Kontext von Standortstrategien gleichzeitig einem unkoordinierten Geberverhalten entgegenzuwirken.  Local and regional locational policy. [Beyond industrial policy and traditional economic promotion - perspectives for development countries]
(pdf-file, 197 KB, 41pp.)

Regional Resource Inventory and Assesment of potentials for local development
Manfred Poppe / GTZ / 2000
Discussion Paper 2 / 2000 "Local development planning aims at the mobilisation of resources for the achievement of local development goals. For that reason, it is essential for planning to acquire sufficient knowledge about the scope, volume, quality and specific locational aspects of resource availability, and to realistically assess its prospects for future utilisation. Since the effective use of resources for development purposes is intricately linked to the formulation of development policies which state the direction of the local development process, resources inventoried have to be assessed according to their effective contribution to the accomplishment of such goals." Further Keywords: promotion of local / regional economies, rural economic development
(word-file, 152 KB, 19pp.)

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