The Institutions Of Local Development

Author : G. Gomez,P. Knorringa,Georgina M. Gómez
Publisher : Springer
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137557599

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Local Governance, Economic Development and Institutions by G. Gomez,P. Knorringa,Georgina M. Gómez Pdf

'Development' is what most people see as progress in the places where they live and in the ways they live. It has to do with public services, the ways to complain when these are not delivered properly, and the spaces to change power structures. It is related to the economy, the opportunities to access a secure job, a sustainable livelihood and increased welfare while caring for the planet and others. It is also linked to the institutions that allow people to live life well, using resources ethically and doing business responsibly in relation to other communities and future generations. This edited collection examines the interconnections between local governance, economic development and institutions, by focusing on what initiatives work and under what conditions they do so. Based on a variety of theories and empirical data, it presents evidence from current experiences around the world, revealed by researchers across different continents and several generations.

Author : Fabio Sforzi,Ash Amin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351759816

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The Institutions of Local Development by Fabio Sforzi,Ash Amin Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. Development is a complex and heterogeneous phenomenon, driven by the expansion of one or more sectors and their influence on the others. It is the outcome of local interdependencies among firms, households and institutions which give rise to specific territorial patterns of local systems. Policies of development cannot therefore restrict themselves to undifferentiated intervention from the centre to the periphery, but must be able to stimulate and sustain endogenous bottom-up growth by means of specific programmes. Thus, individuals and organizations, public or private interact, take decisions and devise strategies in a context that is simultaneously co-operative and competitive. The first in a series, this volume brings together a team of leading international social scientists from the IGU study group on local development. Illustrated by a wide range of global case studies, it analyses what knowledge is required for industrial production and how best to organize this knowledge, embedded as it is in physical, human and social capital. It focuses on the formation of social capital and the various forms into which this may evolve, in particular, the sets of institutions which regulate relationships within and among firms.

Author : Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney,Andres Rodriguez-Pose
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134248544

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Local and Regional Development by Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney,Andres Rodriguez-Pose Pdf

Local and regional development is an increasingly global issue. For localities and regions, the challenge of enhancing prosperity, improving wellbeing and increasing living standards has become acute for localities and regions formerly considered discrete parts of the ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ worlds. Amid concern over the definitions and sustainability of ‘development’, a spectre has emerged of deepened unevenness and sharpened inequalities in the development prospects for particular social groups and territories. Local and Regional Development engages and addresses the key questions: what are the principles and values that shape definitions and strategies of local and regional development? What are the conceptual and theoretical frameworks capable of understanding and interpreting local and regional development? What are the main policy interventions and instruments? How do localities and regions attempt to effect development in practice? What kinds of local and regional development should we be pursuing? This book addresses the fundamental issues of ‘what kind of local and regional development and for whom?’, frameworks of understanding, and instruments and policies. It outlines what a holistic, progressive and sustainable local and regional development might constitute before reflecting on its limits and political renewal. With the growing international importance of local and regional development, this book is an essential student purchase, illustrated throughout with maps, figures and case studies from Asia, Europe, and Central and North America.

Author : Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317664154

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Local and Regional Development by Andy Pike,Andrés Rodriguez-Pose,John Tomaney Pdf

Actors and institutions in localities and regions across the world are seeking prosperity and well-being amidst tumultuous and disruptive shifts and transitions generated by: an increasingly globalised, knowledge-intensive capitalism; global financial instability, volatility and crisis; concerns about economic, social and ecological sustainability, climate change and resource shortages; new multi-actor and multi-level systems of government and governance and a re-ordering of the international political economy; state austerity and retrenchment; and, new and reformed approaches to intervention, policy and institutions for local and regional development. Local and Regional Development provides an accessible, critical and integrated examination of local and regional development theory, institutions and policy in this changing context. Amidst its rising importance, the book addresses the fundamental issues of ‘what kind of local and regional development and for whom?’, its purposes, principles and values, frameworks of understanding, approaches and interventions, and integrated approaches to local and regional development throughout the world. The approach provides a theoretically informed, critical analysis of contemporary local and regional development in an international and multi-disciplinary context, grounded in concrete empirical analysis from experiences in the global North and South. It concludes by identifying what might constitute holistic, inclusive, progressive and sustainable local and regional development, and reflecting upon its limits and political renewal.

Author : Clifford N. Rosenthal
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781525536625

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Democratizing Finance by Clifford N. Rosenthal Pdf

Decades before Occupy Wall Street challenged the American financial system, activists began organizing alternatives to provide capital to “unbankable” communities and the poor. With roots in the civil rights, anti-poverty, and other progressive movements, they brought little training in finance. They formed nonprofit loan funds, credit unions, and even a new bank—organizations that by 1992 became known as “community development financial institutions,” or CDFIs. By melding their vision with that of President Clinton, CDFIs grew from church basements and kitchen tables to number more than 1,000 institutions with billions of dollars of capital. They have helped transform community development by providing credit and financial services across the United States, from inner cities to Native American reservations. Democratizing Finance traces the roots of community development finance over two centuries, a history that runs from Benjamin Franklin, through an ill-starred bank for African American veterans of the Civil War, the birth of the credit union movement, and the War on Poverty. Drawn from hundreds of interviews with CDFI leaders, presidential archives, and congressional testimony, Democratizing Finance provides an insider view of an extraordinary public policy success. Democratizing Finance is a unique resource for practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and social investors.

Author : Silvio Goglio,Yiorgos Alexopoulos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136253584

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Financial Cooperatives and Local Development by Silvio Goglio,Yiorgos Alexopoulos Pdf

This book examines the opportunities opened up for financial cooperatives by the recent financial crisis, and explores the role of these institutions in promoting and sustaining local development. The global financial crisis has not only shown the limits of the mainstream theory of markets and rational expectations, but has also generated a great deal of disillusionment with the banking system and underlined the importance of a healthy society for the welfare of the individual. Consequently, new and innovative ways of providing finance are needed, especially for strengthening the development of local societies.

Author : Gary Craig,Keith Popple,Mae Shaw
Publisher : Spokesman Books
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780851247304

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Community Development in Theory and Practice by Gary Craig,Keith Popple,Mae Shaw Pdf

Since its establishment in 1966, the Community Development Journal has maintained its position as the leading international journal for practitioners, academics and policy-makers across the world. To celebrate its fortieth anniversary, the CDJ's Editorial Board commissioned three highly experienced members, two of them former editors, to bring together a representative sample of the best writing from the Journal. The thirty chapters in this volume, including an entirely new introductory contextual essay, are drawn from every corner of the world, demonstrating the richness and diversity of community development theory and practice. Despite this diversity, the changing foci of community development and the varying contexts in which it is practised, the chapters all reflect the commitment of community development theorists and practitioners to engage critically with the key values of social justice -- equality, fairness, participatory development and respect for difference. This book will become a key text for those concerned with implementing these values in practice.

Author : Thorsten Bonacker,Judith von Heusinger,Kerstin Zimmer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317203179

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Localization in Development Aid by Thorsten Bonacker,Judith von Heusinger,Kerstin Zimmer Pdf

This edited volume brings together the work of scholars from different disciplines including sociology, political science and anthropology, and analyses how global institutions are embedded in local contexts within development aid. It examines theoretical and empirical implications of the diffusion and anchoring of world polity institutions at the local and global levels. The volume furthers the understanding of the dynamics of norm negotiation and glocalization processes in culturally varied societies in an era of globalization. Themes and topics covered include: children and human rights, gender mainstreaming, multi-level actor partnerships, anti-corruption programming, local ownership, land rights and corporate social responsibility. Bringing together expert contributors, this comprehensive volume will be an invaluable resource for all scholars of localization and globalization studies, as well as those in the field of international relations.

Author : Paul Francis,James Adewuyi Akinwumi
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821337335

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State, Community, and Local Development in Nigeria by Paul Francis,James Adewuyi Akinwumi Pdf

Environmentally Sustainable Development Proceedings Series No. 10. Presents the proceedings of the World Bank's Third Annual Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Development, held in October 1995. The conference included roundtable discussions, a variety of speakers, and associated conferences and events co-sponsored by nongovernmental organizations and other institutions.

Author : L. Jan Slikkerveer,George Baourakis,Kurniawan Saefullah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030054236

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Integrated Community-Managed Development by L. Jan Slikkerveer,George Baourakis,Kurniawan Saefullah Pdf

This book provides an overview of recent advances in Integrated Community-Managed Development (ICMD) as an innovative strategy for the community-based development of local institutions in order to achieve lasting poverty reduction and empowerment. The original approach presented here to improving the lives and livelihoods of the poor takes a critical stance on the failing concept of conventional community development, as it is based on the shifting paradigm of 'bottom-up' cooperation and development, where recent regional autonomy policies are enabling national services to successfully integrate with local institutions at the community level. Based on recent experiences in South-East Asia, where the implementation of an alternative approach to integrating financial, medical, educational, communication and socio-cultural services has led to increased community participation and impressive poverty reduction, the book highlights the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this innovative strategy. The potential offered by applying the newly developed 'ICMD formula' worldwide as a function of themes, principles and services is reflected in the book’s diverse range of contributions, written by respected researchers and practitioners in the fields of development economics and financial management.

Author : Silvia Sacchetti,Asimina Christoforou,Michele Mosca
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781315302454

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Social Regeneration and Local Development by Silvia Sacchetti,Asimina Christoforou,Michele Mosca Pdf

Social regeneration is about the transformative processes that, through institutional choices that embody cooperation and inclusion, develop opportunities and capabilities for weak categories, and transversally for society. The challenge of social regeneration can be addressed, in part, through organisational solutions increasingly identified with social economy organisations, since they are characterised by a social objective, cooperation and inclusive democratic governance. Besides the organisational element, Social Regeneration and Local Development provides a new perspective on interacting socio-economic factors, which can work in synergy with the social economy organisations model to promote and sustain social regeneration and well-being. Such elements include civic engagement and social capital, the nature of the welfare system, the use of physical assets in urban and rural areas, leadership, technology, and finance. By analysing organisational and contextual elements, this book offers an institutional perspective on how socio-economic systems can reply to challenges such as social and environmental degradation, financial crises, immigration, inequality, and marginalisation.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Deposit Insurance
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCR:31210008963116

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Community Development Institutions by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation, and Deposit Insurance Pdf

Author : Jerzy Bański
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429783265

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Dilemmas of Regional and Local Development by Jerzy Bański Pdf

Dilemmas of Regional and Local Development aims to identify, diagnose and evaluate various approaches towards regional and local socio-economic development. Over the course of the book, authors from 12 countries and four continents come together to review experiences and solutions related to regional development in a range of different economic, social and political systems. The first part of the volume focuses on the fundamentals of planning regional and local development, particularly focusing on theoretical solutions and development policy concepts. The second part is more applied, looking at practical instruments and solutions for shaping the local economy, and analysing effective development policy. This book will be of interest to economics, geography, politics, and planning scholars and researchers working on regional sciences and local development.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PSU:000022377050

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Community Development Financial Institutions Act of 1993--S. 1275 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Pdf

Author : Jean-Marie Baland,François Bourguignon,Jean-Philippe Platteau,Thierry Verdier
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 786 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780691192017

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The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions by Jean-Marie Baland,François Bourguignon,Jean-Philippe Platteau,Thierry Verdier Pdf

The definitive reference on the most current economics of development and institutions The essential role that institutions play in understanding economic development has long been recognized across the social sciences, including in economics. Academic and policy interest in this subject has never been higher. The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions is the first to bring together in one single volume the most cutting-edge work in this area by the best-known international economists. The volume’s editors, themselves leading scholars in the discipline, provide a comprehensive introduction, and the stellar contributors offer up-to-date analysis into institutional change and its interactions with the dynamics of economic development. This book focuses on three critical issues: the definitions of institutions in order to argue for a causal link to development, the complex interplay between formal and informal institutions, and the evolution and coevolution of institutions and their interactions with the political economy of development. Topics examined include the relationship between institutions and growth, educational systems, the role of the media, and the intersection between traditional systems of patronage and political institutions. Each chapter—covering the frontier research in its area and pointing to new areas of research—is the product of extensive workshopping on the part of the contributors. The definitive reference work on this topic, The Handbook of Economic Development and Institutions will be essential for academics, researchers, and professionals working in the field.