An economic development architecture for New Orleans
By: Kevin F. McCarthy.
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 49
ISBN-13: 9780833043245
Subjects: Economic development -- Louisiana -- New Orleans; Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Louisiana -- Economic policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Methods. Organization of report; title: Review of economic development efforts. Description of comparison cities. Characteristics of economic development programs. Design component. Organizational phase. Implementation phase. Summary; title: Economic development in New Orleans. Design component. Vision statement. Assessment of economic infrastructure. Internal improvements. Choice of development strategy. Organizational component. New Orleans' prior development experience. The organizational ecology of economic development. Implications. Implementation component. Geographic focus. Setting priorities. Setting goals, schedules, and metrics for assessing progress; title: Summary of key findings and recommendations. Overall architecture. Strategy phase. Organizational phase. Implementation phase. Development agencies researched. Alphabetical list of interviewees.