Economic Development Planning

Leveraging the Potential of Argentine Cities: A Framework for Policy Action, 2016

Occasionally the class might have to be rescheduled, but we will discuss this as the events occur. If my door is open I am generally happy to see you. I do not have regular office hours, but you can either take your chances on finding me in, or schedule an appointment. Unless you don't mind disappointment, call before coming to my office. Please be warned, I can be hard to find so do not leave questions to the last minute.

The Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, 2017

C ommunity development is a key program in county Extension education. To be successful in this program area, county agents and their supervisors need to be able to recognize and define what is (and what is not) encompassed in community and economic development. A related issue is to be able to identify, categorize and distinguish among the many specific educational thrusts possible for community and economic development programs. There are many possible definitions for both community development and economic development. To give Extension faculty a practical definition to use for local programming, a definitional construct (Fig. 1) for community development has been devised. This definition was formulated to be generally accepted from an academic perspective and at the same time be understandable and useful to county Extension agents and their supervisors. The figure outlines three primary types of resources available in a community: • Economic resources-businesses, jobs, etc. • Human resources-the skills and other contributions of the people living in the community • Physical, natural and cultural resources-the resources of the natural environment as well as those that are man-made, such as streets and hospitals Extension educational programs could be created in a community to develop resources in one or more of these categories. In addition, many community development programs often overlap two or more resource categories. For example, a new playground would not only be an addition to a community' s physical, natural and cultural resources, but when put into use for recreation, it would also be an enhancement for the area' s families, or human resources. These types of multiple-resource community development issues are shown in the sections divided by dashed lines in Figure 1.

Sociological Practice, 1990

The findings are presented from a study of the job generating activities of fifteen rural counties in southern Maryland and the Delaware Peninsula. Nine specified informants, who were knowledgeable about economic developments, were interviewed in each county to learn what actions their counties are taking to develop economically and how much each activity contributes to jobs. The activities that impacted the most on jobs were industrial parks, economic developments units, and tourism promotion. Other major job generators were a county group for recruiting businesses, special capital arrangements, development bonds, location in county of state or federal government activities, and commercial sites. An analysis of county characteristics and activities related to job generating success is provided. In relation to sociological practice, community development as defined by Napier and Carter (1986:26, 27) is " . . . planned change for collective problem solving" involving "...

2015

The existence of businesses and subsisting economic base in local communities determine the rate and amount of economic development, as the availability of myriad of job training and development schemes in the community or non-distant locations are important for transforming existing unusable labour into a more human input to existing and potential employers. Finances are channeled to local communities through the local governments in Nigeria without a commensurate increase in rural economic development. To increase community economic development in Nigeria, a comprehensive development policy of all tiers of government in Nigeria should include strategies focused on business attraction, business retention and new business start-ups; provided finances to local governments should be used to develop and train citizens in the communities to harness local natural resources, sustaining community economic development; community development policies and programs of all tiers of governments ...

Urban Studies, 2002

Community economic development (CED) initiatives expanded rapidly in urban and regional policy in the 1990s. Traditional evaluation methodology has, however, proved to be extremely difficult to apply effectively to CED. This paper examines existing monitoring and evaluation procedures for CED, the problems faced in applying traditional methodology and possible ways forward to ensure that more effective monitoring and evaluation can be undertaken. Evidence is drawn from four detailed case studies of urban CED projects funded as part of the 1994-96 Yorkshire and the Humber Objective 2 Structural Funds programme. These case studies were deliberately designed to experiment with alternative quantitative and qualitative evaluation methods.

This paper examines core concepts of Community Economic Development in depth focusing on a small number of source publications to ensure that the depth of idea is fully captured. This paper also offers original ideas of the author developed as the readings proceeded and an understanding of subject acquired more depth. Finally, this paper takes a brief look at three social enterprise organizations in light of prevalent theories of expansion of Community Economic Development.

An Introduction to Community …, 2009

Community development has evolved over the past few decades into a recognized discipline of interest to both practitioners and academicians. However, community development is defined in many different ways. Most practitioners think of community development as an outcome-physical, social, and economic improvement in a community-while most academicians think of community development as a process-the ability of communities to act collectively and enhancing the ability to do so. This chapter defines community development as both a process and an outcome and explains the relationship between the two. A related discipline, economic development, is also defined in different ways. This chapter offers a holistic definition of economic development that not only includes growing businesses and creating jobs but increases in income and standards of living as well. Economic development is also shown to be both an outcome and a process. The community and economic development chain shows the links, causal relationships, and feedback loops between community and economic development, and illustrates how success in one facilitates success in the other. Community Development Corporation Oral History Project by the Pratt Center for Community Development (www.prattcenter.net/cdcoralhistory.php). This includes one of the first CDCs in the US, the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation in the city of New York. Evolution of the discipline continued; in 1970 two journals were established, Community Development in the UK and Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society in North America, as well as the establishment of academic programs with an emphasis on community development (typically, a public administration, public policy or urban planning degree with a concentration available in community development). Today, there are about 4000 CDCs in the US, with most focusing on housing development. However, many also include a full range of community development activities, with about 25 percent providing a comprehensive array of housing development, homeownership programs, commercial and business development, community facilities, open space/environmental, workforce and youth programs, and planning and organizing activities (Walker 2002), Other organizations practice community development too, including public sector ones as well as private for-profit companies and other nonprofits (see Box 1.1, "Who Practices Community and Economic Development" at the end of this chapter for more information). As the variety of topics in this book attests, community development has evolved from its roots in social activism and housing to encompass a broad spectrum of processes and activities dealing with multiple dimensions of community including physical, environmental, social and economic.

2016

Economic Development Quarterly, 2003

CEDS committees fully represent their communities, policies outlined in the CEDS do not appear to match needs and goals as closely as would be desired, and the larger community tends to be unaware of valuable EDD activities.