Contextualizing Local Economic Development for Developing Countries

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type , Preprint 01 Jan 2008 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:SSRN Electronic Journal (eissn: 1556-5068,

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Authors: Hasan, Lubna;

doi: 10.2139/ssrn.1152731

Contextualizing Local Economic Development for Developing Countries

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Abstract

This paper explores the prospects of success of ‘Local Economic Development’ (LED) for the less developed countries. The concept had much success in the context of the developed world. The less developed countries, however, present a scenario where power and social structures present a challenging task for LED to be effective.

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Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
Pakistan

Keywords

Local Development, Decentralization, jel: jel:R11, jel: jel:H77

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