Books that we recommend

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¿Qué es el desarrollo económico local? ¿Por qué es tan difícil? March 20, 2009

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Documentos de trabajo de mesopartner no. 04 more

Addressing Red Tape at the Local Level: Options and Tools  January 17, 2009

By:Doug Hindson, Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Christian Schoen, Mattia Wegmann

Addressing red tape is an important building block of a local economic development (LED) initiative. LED practitioners in many locations started ... more

Donor Approaches to Local Economic Development in Africa December 01, 2007

By:Doug Hindson

Working Paper 12 more

Category: Working Papers

Rapid Appraisal of Local Innovation Systems (RALIS): Assessing and Enhancing Innovation Networks September 08, 2007

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Christian Schoen

Working Paper 02 (revised version) more

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The Local Business Environment and Local Economic Development: Comparing Approaches April 27, 2007

By:Doug Hindson, Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 11 more

Category: Working Papers

Designing a Regional Development Agency: Options and Choices April 01, 2007

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 10 more

Category: Working Papers

Benchmarking Territorial Competitiveness February 01, 2007

By:Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke

Working Paper 09 more

Category: Working Papers

Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA): Launching Local Economic Development Initiatives October 27, 2006

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 01 (revised version) more

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The Hexagon of Local Economic Development and LED in South Africa October 01, 2006

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 05 (revised version) more

Category: Working Papers

The Hexagon of Local Economic Development September 01, 2005

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 03 (revised version) more

Category: Working Papers

How to Promote Clusters August 01, 2005

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke

Working Paper 08 more

Category: Working Papers

Regional Value Chain Initiatives: An Opportunity for the Application of the PACA-Approach December 01, 2004

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 06  more

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Governance and Territorial Development: Policy, Politics and Polity in Local Economic Development July 01, 2004

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 07 more