Job Creation and Local Economic Development


Book Description

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.




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


Book Description

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.




Better Governance, Planning and Services in Local Self-Governments in Poland


Book Description

This report provides an assessment of public governance and territorial development in Polish local self-government units (LSGUs). It offers key recommendations to governments at the national, regional and local levels in Poland on how to enhance development, improve service delivery and strengthen management processes within LSGUs.




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.







Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Culture and the Creative Economy in Colombia Leveraging the Orange Economy


Book Description

In 2017, Colombia launched a novel public policy to stimulate the creative economy, building on the success of previous policy initiatives to support the cultural and creative sectors. The Orange Economy policy is unique for its transversal approach to supporting the creative economy and mainstreaming culture across diverse policy portfolios, beyond cultural policy.




Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Entrepreneurship A Catalyst for Urban Regeneration


Book Description

Entrepreneurship and urban regeneration policy have traditionally been treated as separate fields. This volume is one of the first to focus explicitly on the links between the two, examining how policy can help regenerate inner cities and other areas of urban distress.