Organising local economic development
Subtitle: the role of development agencies and companies
By: Greg Clark, Joe Huxley, Debra Mountford
Contributors: Huxley, Joe; Mountford, Debra, 1966-; Local Economic and Employment Development (Program); Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; SourceOECD (Online service)
Series: Local economic and employment development (LEED)
Publisher: OECD
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 493
ISBN-13: 9789264060814; 9789264083530
Subjects: Economic policy; Community development; Economic development; Regional planning
Other titles: Role of development agencies and companies
Description: Development processes occur within a wider geographical area than local government, and in some cases encompass a broader scope than provincial or national governments. Thus substantial inter-governmental cooperation and public-private partnership are needed. This book identifies how development agencies and companies work, what they do and what constitutes success and value added. It explores international practices in a variety of locations and contexts, and defines both the success factors and the challenges associated with economic development agencies and companies.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Organized by the OECD Local Economic and Employment Development program.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary --; title: An introduction to development agencies --; title: The history and diversity of development agencies --; title: The value-added of development agencies --; title: Development agency creation, evoluation, performance and review --; title: The role of the local development system --; title: The roles, tools and relationships of development agencies --; title: The operational features of development agencies --; title: Learning from international development agency experience --; title: Sixteen development agency case studies.