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


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This book identifies how development agencies and companies work, what they do and how they can collaborate and what constitutes success and value added in their efforts to achieve local economic development.




Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Job-rich Growth in Asia Strategies for Local Employment, Skills Development and Social Protection


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A joint OECD/ILO initiative, this book analyses local approaches in Asia to modernise labour markets and skills strategies and shows how local recovery is taking place through a combination of policy measures on employment creation, skills development and social protection.




Job Creation and Local Economic Development


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This publication highlights new evidence on policies to support job creation, bringing together the latest research on labour market, entrepreneurship and local economic development policy to help governments support job creation in the recovery.










OECD Territorial Reviews: Antofagasta, Chile 2013


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This territorial review of a mining area in Chile focuses on economic diversification, urbanism and governance in the city of Antofafasta.




OECD Reviews on Local Job Creation Employment and Skills Strategies in Ireland


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Employment and Skills Strategies in Ireland focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. This report looks at the range of institutions and bodies involved in employment and skills ...







OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Norway 2014


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Skills are central to Norway’s future prosperity and the well-being of its people. This diagnostic report identifies 12 skills challenges for Norway which were distilled from a series of interactive diagnostic workshops held in the course of 2013 with a wide range of stakeholders in Oslo ...




Sustainable Human Development


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Integrating Amartya Sen's approach with the literature on place-based territorial development processes, this book recognises the interplay between the evolution of local development systems and the expansion of individual and collective capabilities.