Understanding Your Local Economy
Understanding Your Local Economy

Author: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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Addresses the challenges of analysing local economic conditions and a city's comparative and competitive advantages. Funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Guide presents practical approaches to conducting citywide and regionwide economic and competitive assessments. It includes advice on how to choose local economic development (LED) indicators and tools that can assess a local economy's competitiveness.

Understanding Your Local Economy
Understanding Your Local Economy

Author: Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13:

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Addresses the challenges of analysing local economic conditions and a city's comparative and competitive advantages. Funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Guide presents practical approaches to conducting citywide and regionwide economic and competitive assessments. It includes advice on how to choose local economic development (LED) indicators and tools that can assess a local economy's competitiveness.

A Concise Guide to Local Economic Development
A Concise Guide to Local Economic Development

Author: Mustapha Bangura

Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9783659140099

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This book outlines some useful guidelines for LED practitioners, development planners, and Local Government Units (LGU) in conducting local resource inventory; in identifying the strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities of a local area; and in formulating a strength-based strategy to spur the economic development of an area. The development of the local economy in a decentralized system is a crucial and all-embracing process which justifies the need for close connection between local government authorities and other local development partners. The book demonstrates how to draw from the different development actors in a local area and weave that into the economic development process of the area. The expected role of key stakeholders in LED planning is well articulated and a framework of LED planning is also presented. The book also demonstrates the nexus between LED planning and spatial planning, which reminds development planners that development planning entails both physical and sectoral planning. This means a municipality should have a comprehensive land use plan that would complement its development efforts.

The Community Economic Development Handbook
The Community Economic Development Handbook

Author: Mihailo Temali

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002-09-20

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1618589040

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The step-by-step guide to turning any neighborhood around A weak local economy can be strengthened. A run-down neighborhood of boarded-up storefronts, litter-strewn sidewalks, high unemployment, and poorly-maintained housing can be transformed. An entire community can be lifted up. Mihailo (Mike) Temali knows this first-hand. He has spent nearly twenty years working in community-based economic development, helping cities as diverse as St. Paul, Minnesota, and Santiago, Chile. In this concrete, practical, jargon-free handbook, he describes a proven way to make any community a better place to live. Comprehensive, realistic, and easy-to-use If you don't already have a community economic development (CED) organization in place, Temali tells you how to set one up. Then he defines four pivot points that are crucial to neighborhood economies: 1) Revitalizing your commercial district; 2) Developing microbusinesses; 3) Developing your community workforce; and 4) Growing good neighborhood jobs. He explains how to choose your first pivot point, then guides you through the process of tackling each one. True stories of successful CED provide inspiration. Sidebars explore related issues: dealing with gentrification, finding potential partners, supporting microentrepreneurs, and more. Other CED professionals share their insights in “From the Field” notes. Appendices point you toward useful resources, show you how to use the Internet to research your regional economy, and include dozens of worksheets that will help you move from reading about CED to doing it. The Community Economic Development Handbook is precisely what you need to turn your neighborhood around!

Understanding Your Economy
Understanding Your Economy

Author: Mary McLean

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-04

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1351177346

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Forward-looking communities have attained a competitive edge by strengthening clusters of related and supporting industries, not courting individual firms. How will your community know which clusters to strengthen as it negotiates this fundamental shift in development strategy? This book shows you how to conduct local economic analysis to support such strategic planning decisions. You'll learn how to use basic economic analysis techniques to analyze changes in the local economy and evaluate the signifigance of these changes for economic development policy. They show how to structure an analysis; assess local economic performance; analyze the structure and dynamics of a local economy; evaluate local growth prospects; assess local human resources; evaluate nonlabor resources; and link analysis to strategic planning. Understanding Your Economy also includes a summary of data series and sources that will trim hours from your search for information necessary to conduct your analysis. Understanding Your Economy does not assume an extensive background in statistics or data management. It can serve as a stand-alone manual for anyone who wants to learn more about the functions and dynamics of an area's economy.

Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development
Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development

Author: Roland V. Anglin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1351552996

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Growing local economies, empowering communities, revitalizing downtowns, developing entrepreneurship, building leadership, and enhancing nonprofits — you can achieve all these benefits and more with a comprehensive and strategic revitalization plan. Chronicling the struggle of local revitalization as organizers move from trial and error to effective revitalization strategies, Promoting Sustainable Local and Community Economic Development documents the current transformation in community revitalization from market-based incentives to mixed strategies of public sector learning, partnerships, and community capacity. Knowledge about the field and what works is growing, but not always publicized and readily accessible. This reference surveys the breadth of innovative place and people development practices, presenting lessons and examples at a general and textured level, putting information about innovative ways to change, influence, and improve the economic development process within easy reach. Roland Anglin brings his unique vantage point to the topic; his experience as a practitioner and applied academic allowed him to see how community economic development practices grow over time in size, scale, and impact. He highlights the difference between what is now termed community economic development (CED) and traditional local economic development practice, specifically the priority placed on community involvement in economic development partnerships between the private sector and government. The book includes case studies that demonstrate what has and has not worked in revitalization efforts, as well as how active public and private sector partnerships have been the most effective in revitalization efforts. A Resource Guide is included at the end of the book for readers who may want a more expansive understanding of community economic development.