Who Benefits from State and Local Economic Development Policies?
Author: Timothy J. Bartik
Publisher:
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780880991131
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Promoting Local Economic Development Through Strategic Planning: Toolkit
Author:
Publisher: UN-HABITAT
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9211317231
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlanning Local Economic Development
Author: Nancey Green Leigh
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 2016-11-23
Total Pages: 537
ISBN-13: 1506364004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by authors with years of academic, regional, and city planning experience, the classic Planning Local Economic Development has laid the foundation for practitioners and academics working in planning and policy development for generations. With deeper coverage of sustainability and resiliency, the new Sixth Edition explores the theories of local economic development while addressing the issues and opportunities faced by cities, towns, and local entities in crafting their economic destinies within the global economy. Nancey Green Leigh and Edward J. Blakely provide a thoroughly up-to-date exploration of planning processes, analytical techniques and data, and locality, business, and human resource development, as well as advanced technology and sustainable economic development strategies.
Understanding Local Economic Development
Author: Emil Malizia
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-10-05
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 1000193993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book offers insights into the process and the practice of local economic development. Bridging the gap between theory and practice it demonstrates the relevance of theory to inform local strategic planning in the context of widespread disparities in regional economic performance. The book summarizes the core theories of economic development, applies each of these to professional practice, and provides detailed commentary on them. This updated second edition includes more recent contributions - regional innovation, agglomeration and dynamic theories – and presents the major ideas that inform economic development strategic planning, particularly in the United States and Canada. The text offers theoretical insights that help explain why some regions thrive while others languish and why metropolitan economies often rise and fall over time. Without theory, economic developers can only do what is politically feasible. This text, however, provides them with a logical tool for thinking about development and establishing an independent basis from which to build the local consensus needed for evidence-based action undertaken in the public interest. Offering valuable perspectives on both the process and the practice of local and regional economic development, this book will be useful for both current and future economic developers to think more profoundly and confidently about their local economy.
Economic Development
Author: Steven G. Koven
Publisher: International City/County Management Association(ICMA)
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKComprehensive treatment of local economic development. Covers theory (classic and modern); tools (financing, tax policy, nonfinancial assistance); business attraction and retention; business creation (tools and current issues); the influence of high technology and education; and how to understand and evaluate the development readiness of each local environment. Detailed case studies highlight successful programs and also describe in detail the specific problems, challenges, and local realities that every development professional faces. Presents business-friendly innovations such as infrastructure improvements, site development, and training assistance. What is the role of government? What are the best targets for development? What is the importance of innovation? This book clarifies why each jurisdiction adopted the strategies it did and it presents the consequences of those strategies. Glossary and select bibliography.
Planning Local Economic Development
Author: Edward J. Blakely
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2002-05-22
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 0761924582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExploring the theories of local economic development that are relevant to dilemmas facing communities today, this third edition expands on issues such as the planning process, analytical techniques and high-technology strategies.
Local Economic Development
Author: John P. Blair
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2008-07-03
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1412964830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive introduction to the economics of local economic development. The approach is people centered and recognizes contributions from other social sciences.
Regional Economic Development
Author: Robert J. Stimson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-03-09
Total Pages: 378
ISBN-13: 3662049112
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRegional economic development has attracted the interest of economists, geographers, planners and regional scientists for a long time. And, of course, it is a field that has developed a large practitioner cohort in government and business agencies from the national down to the state and local levels. In planning for cities and regions, both large and small, economic development issues now tend to be integrated into strategic planning processes. For at least the last 50 years, scholars from various disciplines have theorised about the nature of regional economic development, developing a range of models seeking to explain the process of regional economic development, and why it is that regions vary so much in their economic structure and performance and how these aspects of a region can change dramatically over time. Regional scientists in particular have developed a comprehensive tool-kit of methodologies to measure and monitor regional economic characteristics such as industry sectors, employment, income, value of production, investment, and the like, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis, and focusing on both static and dynamic analysis. The 'father of regional science', Walter lsard, was the first to put together a comprehensive volume on techniques of regional analysis (Isard 1960), and since then a huge literature has emerged, including the many titles in the series published by Springer in which this book is published.
Making Sense of Incentives
Author: Timothy J. Bartik
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 0880996684
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBartik provides a clear and concise overview of how state and local governments employ economic development incentives in order to lure companies to set up shop—and provide new jobs—in needy local labor markets. He shows that many such incentive offers are wasteful and he provides guidance, based on decades of research, on how to improve these programs.
Investing in Kids
Author: Timothy J. Bartik
Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 0880993723
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents arguments for the following propositions: Local economic development strategies in the United States should include extensive investments in high quality early childhood programs, such as prekindergarten (pre K) education, child care, and parenting assistance. Economic development policies should also include reforms in business tax incentives. But economic development benefitsChigher earnings per capita in the local communityCcan be better achieved if business incentives are complemented by early childhood programs. Economic development benefits can play an important role in motivating a grassroots movement for investing in our kids.
