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Infrastructure Provision as a Catalyst for Local Economic Development in South Africa
The Strategic Review for Southern Africa, 2020 Throughout the era of the apartheid, the provision and accessibility of infrastructure in South Africa was skewed, and while the minority had access, the majority was overlooked.
Mandisa SM Makhathini +2 more
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Women’s leadership in local government in the Caribbean
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2016 Women and men are traditionally cast in different roles, with males being leaders in the workplace, home and government. In contrast, communities promote women as caregivers who support male leaders and shape future generations as mothers, mentors and ...
Kizzann Lee Sam
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Journal of Regional Science, 2019 In this paper, we test whether there is a link between the performance of universities and the local economic development of the territory where they operate.
T. Agasisti, C. Barra, Roberto Zotti
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Public sector restructuring and regional development: the impact of compulsory competitive tendering in the UK [PDF]
, 2002 This paper contributes to the analysis of contemporary public sector restructuring in the UK through an evaluation of the impact of the introduction of compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) for the provision of local public services.
Patterson, A., Pinch, P. L.
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Contextualizing Local Economic Development for Developing Countries [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008 This paper explores the prospects of success of ‘Local Economic Development’ (LED) for the less developed countries. The concept had much success in the context of the developed world. The less developed countries, however, present a scenario where power and social structures present a challenging task for LED to be effective.
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Rural Roads and Local Economic Development
The American Economic Review, 2018 Nearly one billion people worldwide live in rural areas without access to national paved road networks. We estimate the impacts of India’s $40 billion national rural road construction program using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design and ...
S. Asher, P. Novosad
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College Openings and Local Economic Development
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2022 We study how the presence of a college affects the local economy using administrative data. Our analysis exploits the opening of new institutions of tertiary education across Germany in the 1980s and 1990s. The new college substantially increased the student population and share of high-skilled workers in the region.
Berlingieri, Francesco +2 more
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Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2019 A critical focus within the growing scholarship around tourism development and planning is that of tourism and local economic development (LED) planning. This paper investigates the nexus of tourism and LED planning in South Africa.
C. Rogerson, J. Rogerson
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Judicial reform in Serbia and negotiating chapter 23: A critical outlook [PDF]
Pravni Zapisi, 2014 A sound and independent judiciary is a precondition for accomplishing the rule of law. Sound judiciary and citizens' trust in it are of critical importance in any state.
Reljanović Mario +1 more
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Small Banks and Local Economic Development [PDF]
Review of Finance, 2014 Abstract This article discusses the effects of small banks on economic growth. We first theoretically show that small banks operating at a regional level can spur local economic growth. As compared with big interregional banks, small regional banks are more effective in promoting local economic growth, especially in regions with lower ...
Hendrik Hakenes +3 more
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