Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Organising Local Economic Development: The Role of Development Agencies and Companies

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 co-operation 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.

Table of Content :

Foreword
Preface
Executive summary
Chapter 1. An introduction to development agencies
Chapter 2. The history and diversity of development agencies
Chapter 3. The value-added of development agencies
Chapter 4. Development agency creation, evolution, performance and review
Chapter 5. The role of the local development system
Chapter 6. The roles, tools and relationships of development agencies
Chapter 7. The operational features of development agencies - governance, operations, resources and accountability
Chapter 8. Learning from international development agency experience
Annex A. Sixteen Development Agency Case Studies
- Abyssinian Development Corporation New York
- AucklandPlus Auckland
- Barcelona Activa
- Bilbao Metropoli-30 (The Association for the Revitalisation of Metropolitan Bilbao)
- BiILBAO-Ría 2000
- Build Toronto and Invest Toronto
- Cape Town Partnership
- Creative Sheffield
- HafenCity Hamburg GmbH
- Johannesburg Development Agency
- Liverpool Vision
- Madrid Global (Office for International Strategy and Action)
- Milano Metropoli
- New York City Economic Development Corporation
- Prospect Leicestershire