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Session Five and Six - Study Materials

A.  Workbook

• Introduction

• The Context For Local Economic Development

• Local Economic Development Strategic Planning

• Economic Development Strategies

• References and Further Readings

B. Reading Materials

• Stage One: Organizing the Effort.

  Mandatory Readings:

  • Organizing the Effort 

  • Local Economic Development: The Major Players

  • Methods and Tools in Participation

   

  Supplemental Readings:

  • Practical Notes on Community Involvement

  • Good Practices in Partnership from the European Union

  • Role of Local Economic Development Agencies

   

• Stage Two: The Competitive Assessment.

  Mandatory Readings:

  • Step Two: Conduvting the Competitive Assessment 

  • Guidelines for Drawing a Terms of Reference for Data Collection

  • Summary of Urban Competitive Assessment

   

  Supplemental Readings:

  • Urban Competitive Assessment in Developing Countries: The Road Forward

  • The Cali Case Study

  • Durban's Competitive Analysis

   

• Stage Three: Creating the LED Strategy

  Mandatory Readings:

  • Developing a LED Strategy 

  • Manakau Economic Development

   

  Supplemental Readings:

  • Toward an Economic Development Strategy for the City of Cape Town

   

• Stage Four: Implementing the LED Strategy

  Mandatory Readings:

  • Notes on Project Implementation 

  • Some ideas on Projects:

    • Encouraging Local Business Growth

    • Encouraging New Enterprises

    • Promoting Foreign Direct and Domestic Inward Investment

    • Investment in Hard Infrastructure

    • Investment in Soft Infrastructure

    • Cluster Development Strategies

    • Area Targeting

    • Poverty Reduction Program

      • Informal Economy

      • Targeting Disadvantaged Groups

    • Regeneration Strategies

   

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