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Local economic development (LED) is an approach to economic development, of note in the developing world that, as its name implies, places importance on activities in and by cities, districts and regions. Local economic development combines economic development activities, urban planning, infrastructure development and social development ...
The Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (c. 20), or LDEDCA, [2] is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.. The legislation places a duty on local authorities to promote understanding of the functions and democratic arrangements of the authority among local people.
Local development is a relatively young theory in social sciences based on the identification and use of the resources and endogenous potentialities of a community, neighbourhood, city, municipality or equivalent. [1] [2] The local development approach considers the endogenous potentialities of territories.
Economic development has existed even at a basic level since the earliest recorded communities. However, in the US and several other countries, the concept of community economic development emerged "in response to tenacious poverty and the need for affordable housing, good jobs, affordable health care and quality of life matters needed for human existence."
Community-based economics or community economics is an economic system that encourages local substitution. It is similar to the lifeways of those practicing voluntary simplicity, including traditional Mennonite, Amish, and modern eco-village communities. It is also a subject in urban economics, related to moral purchasing and local purchasing. [1]
The Canton Repository surveyed 21 nearby cities to see how much they paid their economic development director or consultant. Here's what we found.
The Local Economic Development Agency (LEDA) is an agency that came into being with the launch of the Namibian Local Economic Development White Paper in July 2011. It has since hosted an annual conference for LED practitioners at Local Authorities and Regional Councils throughout Namibia.
The decree merged the National Economic Council and the Presidential Economic staff, created by Executive Order No. 8, s. 1966, [18] and renamed it to the National Economic Development Authority. [7] President Marcos subsequently issued Presidential Decree No. 1-A which delineated the composition of the National Economic Development Authority. [19]