mesopartner publications

PACA-NEWS -- regular updates on our main product.

mesopartner's Annual Reports: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Our first audio programme: The Local Economic Development Podcast

mesopartner working papers
12 (2007) Doug Hindson Donor Approaches to Local Economic Development in Africa (this paper is currently under revision)
11 (2007) Doug Hindson, Jörg Meyer-Stamer The Local Business Environment and Local Economic Development: Comparing Approaches
10 (2007) Jörg Meyer-Stamer Designing a Regional Development Agency: Options and Choices
09 (2007) Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke Benchmarking Territorial Competitiveness
(versión en español)
08 (2005) Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke How to Promote Clusters
(versión en español)
07 (2004) Jörg Meyer-Stamer Governance and Territorial Development: Policy, Politics and Polity in Local Economic Development
06 (2004) Jörg Meyer-Stamer Regional Value Chain Initiatives: An Opportunity for the Application of the PACA-Approach
05 (2003) Jörg Meyer-Stamer The Hexagon of Local Economic Development and LED in South Africa
04 (2003) Jörg Meyer-Stamer Why is Local Economic Development so difficult, and what can we do to make it more effective?
03 (rev. 2004) Jörg Meyer-Stamer The Hexagon of Local Economic Development
02 (2005) Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Christian Schoen Rapid Appraisal of Local Innovation Systems (RALIS): Assessing and Enhancing Innovation Networks.
01 (rev. 2004) Jörg Meyer-Stamer Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA): Launching Local Economic Development Initiatives (please click here for a print copy)
(versión en español) - (version en français)
Other publications

Jörg Meyer-Stamer and Frank Wältring: Private Sector Development in Rural Areas -- Assessing the Applicability of PSD Instruments in Agricultural Economic Development. Eschborn: GTZ, 2007

Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Making market systems work? For the poor? In: Small Enterprise Development, Vol.17, 2006, No. 4

Jörg Meyer-Stamer and Frank Wältring: Value Chain Analysis and "making markets work for the poor" (M4P) -- Poverty reduction through value chain promotion. GTZ 2006.

Frank Wältring: "From Idea into Action". The implementation and metamorphosis of the BDS concept. GTZ 2006.

Shawn Cunningham and Jörg Meyer-Stamer: Planning or doing Local Economic Development? Problems with the orthodox approach to LED. In: African Insight, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 4-14.

Paolo Giordano, Francesco Lanzafame and Jörg Meyer-Stamer: Regional Integration and Territorial Development in Latin America. In: idem, Asymmetries in Regional Integration and Local Development. Washington: Inter-American Development Bank, 2005.

Draft papers
Jörg Meyer-Stamer Integrating Developing Country SMEs into Global Value Chains June 2007
Jörg Meyer-Stamer Good practices in the promotion of business linkages from an operational perspective: evidence from the field February 2006
Jörg Meyer-Stamer Systemic Competitiveness Revisited. Conclusions for Technical Assistance in Private Sector Development May 2005
Jörg Meyer-Stamer and Frank Wältring Stimulating Participatory, Pragmatic Local Economic Development in South East Europe: Experiences with PACA March 2005
Product descriptions

Sequencing mesopartner methods to initiate and sustain LED

The LED Café, El Café DEL

RALIS (Rapid Appraisal of Local Innovation Systems)

The Compass of Local Competitiveness, The Compass Flyer

GENESIS

Fact-finding trips to NRW, Germany

Report on the LED Summer Academy 2005, 2006

You may also want to have a look at Jörg Meyer-Stamer's Homepage with many of his papers, and at the Local / Regional Economic Development Toolkit.

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