Author: United States. Economic Development AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
The Development of a Subnational Economic Development Policy
Author: United States. Economic Development AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Handbook of Research on Sub-National Governance and Development
Author: Schoburgh, ErisPublisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1522516468
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Effective governance is a crucial aspect of all modern nations. Through various collaborative efforts and processes, nations can enhance their current governance systems. The Handbook of Research on Sub-National Governance and Development is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly material on the intersection between local and national politics, analyzing how this relationship affects nations’ economy and administration. Highlighting theoretical foundations and real-world applications, this book is ideally designed for professionals, academics, students, and practitioners actively involved in the fields of public policy and governance.
Regional Development in Africa
Author: Norbert EdomahPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 1789852374
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Regional development is a broad term but can be seen as a general effort to reduce regional disparities by supporting (employment and wealth-generating) economic activities in regions. In the past, regional development policy tended to try to achieve these objectives by means of large-scale infrastructure development and by attracting inward investment” (OECD, 2014).A territorial and regional approach to development is crucial in addressing regional challenges, regional economic competitiveness, and reducing socio-economic discrepancies. This book provides a forum to articulate and discuss Africa’s regional development issues in view of the rising opportunities within the African region. This volume contains 14 chapters and is organized in four sections: Introduction; Industry, Trade and Investment in Africa; Agricultural Services and the Water-energy-food Nexus in Africa; and Environmental and Cultural Dimensions to Africa’s Regional Development.
Cities and Regions in Crisis
Author: Martin JonesPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 178811745X
Category : Cities and towns
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This book offers a new geographical political economy approach to our understanding of regional and local economic development in Western Europe over the last twenty years. It suggests that governance failure is occurring at a variety of spatial scales and an ‘impedimenta state’ is emerging. This is derived from the state responding to state intervention and economic development that has become irrational, ambivalent and disoriented. The book blends theoretical approaches to crisis and contradiction theory with empirical examples from cities and regions.
Public Works as a Safety Net
Author: Kalanidhi SubbaraoPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821394614
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A review of the conceptual underpinnings and operational elements of public works programs around the world., drawing from a rich evidence base and analyzing previously unassimilated data, to fill a gap in knowledge related to public works programs, now so popular.
Inside Countries
Author: Agustina GiraudyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110849658X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Offers a groundbreaking analysis of the distinctive substantive, theoretical and methodological contributions of subnational research in the field of comparative politics.
Reshaping Decentralised Development Co-operation The Key Role of Cities and Regions for the 2030 Agenda
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264302913
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Over the last decades, and in line with the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015, cities and regions have played an important part in helping to implement global agendas at local level through their Decentralised Development Cooperation (DDC) activities.
Subnational Capital Markets in Developing Countries
Author: Mila FreirePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821354643
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 700
Book Description
This publication has been prepared by staff members of the World Bank and selected guest contributors. It sets out a framework to study subnational governments as borrowers and the range of credit markets in which they may operate. It also contains a number of case studies which detail the recent experience of 18 countries in developing markets for subnational borrowers., and offer insights into lessons to be drawn on fostering responsible credit market access within a framework of fiscal and financial discipline. Other issues discussed include: the issuing of municipal debt and its characteristics, and the role of macroeconomic conditions and market development in the success or failure of those borrowings.
The Determinants of Public Policy
Author: Thomas R. DyePublisher: Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Organising Local Economic Development The Role of Development Agencies and Companies
Author: Clark GregPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264083537
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 497
Book Description
This book identifies how development agencies and companies work, what they do and how they can collaborate and what constitutes success and value added in their efforts to achieve local economic development.