Books that we recommend

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The Compass Manual November 20, 2008

The Compass of Local Competitiveness is a tool for monitoring, strategising and action planning in territorial development. This manual is ... more

PACA Book of Checklists October 01, 2008

The PACA Book of Checklists contains checklists and detailed step-by-step instructions that explain how to do run a successful PACA Exercise.  more

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How to conduct a PACA October 01, 2008

The volume contains a narrative explanation of how to apply the PACA method. It takes you through all the steps from the build-up through the ... more

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Category: PACA News

PACA News #10 April 01, 2006

Value chains in Laos -- Tourism in Guyana -- Post-tsunami, Aceh, Indonesia -- Conflict environment, Nepal  more

Category: Case Studies

Pangasius value chain in An Giang, Vietnam March 01, 2006

By:Christian Schoen

Planning or Doing Local Economic Development? January 01, 2006

By:Shawn Cunningham, Jörg Meyer-Stamer

The Problems with the Orthodox Approach to LED more

Category: PACA News

PACA News #09 December 01, 2005

Stages of learning -- PACA enhancements in South Africa -- TCI Conference in Hong Kong more

Category: Working Papers

The Hexagon of Local Economic Development September 01, 2005

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer

Working Paper 03 (revised version) more

Category: PACA News

PACA News #08 August 01, 2005

Summer Academy -- Southern and Northern Montenegro -- Nepal -- Ghana  more

Category: Working Papers

How to Promote Clusters August 01, 2005

By:Jörg Meyer-Stamer, Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke

Working Paper 08 more

Category: Annual Reports

mesopartner Annual Report 2004 June 01, 2005

Category: PACA News

PACA News #07 March 01, 2005

Armenia -- South Africa -- Value chain in Vietnam -- LOCA, Sri Lanka -- Foresight more

Category: Manuals

The LED Café Manual February 24, 2005

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The LED Café is a robust format to engage a large group of people (anywhere between 30 and several hundred) in a conversation on LED. It is particularly useful at an early stage of an LED process.  To order a printed version, please click here.  more