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.




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.




OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Korea 2015


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Skills are central to Korea’s future prosperity and the well-being of its people. The OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Korea identifies 12 skills challenges that need to be addressed to build a more effective skills system in Korea. These challenges were identified through: 1) the OECD’s ...




OECD Green Growth Studies Green Growth in Cities


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This report synthesises the findings from six case studies of urban green growth policies, four at city level (Paris, Chicago, Stockholm, Kitakyushu) and two at the national level (China, Korea). It offers a definition of urban green growth and a framework for analysing how it might play out.