Local Economic Development

Research for Local Development

Local Development (Micro regions)

Local sustainable development initiatives

(a) Seven training courses dealing with municipal institutional development local government management and local development in Africa, Asia and Latin America seminars on local development and local government management in Latin America.

(a) Seven training courses dealing with municipal institutional development local government management and local development in Africa, Asia and Latin America seminars on local development and local government management in Latin America

UNCDF niche in local development

local governance, and also development.

local governance, and also development.

The research and development agenda focused on the key thematic issues in local development local economic development, public expenditure management, local service delivery, and natural resource management.

UNCDF Local Development Programme policy pilot implemented in partnership with local government

Second, the prospects for extending UNCDF local development programmes more deeply into local economic development activities should be evaluated.

(e) Enabling environment for local economic development established by UNCDF supported local governments

Local development objectives and strategy to 2010

Local governments, partners for development Programme organized in cooperation with United Cities and Local Governments

UNCDF will remain a recognized leader in decentralization and local development and will leverage its local development policy pilots to have a major impact on the MDGs from a local perspective.

In addition, the Local Governance Unit was rebranded' as UNCDF Local Development. Projecting a focus on local development allows UNCDF to better reflect its comprehensive support through the local governance approach to local development, by piloting activities with local governments, ensuring alignment of these activities with sectoral and other forms of deconcentration, and, to supportinging national decentralization policies and regulatory frameworks.

Regional and local development planning and monitoring for UNDP.

Think Global, Act Local A Challenge to Sustainable Development

The use of ICTs for tourism development can produce economic benefits by generating increased revenue for the local economy and contributing to local development.

More and more countries were integrating sustainable development principles into national and local development strategies.

(h) Development of trade in local products within the region.

The use of ICTs for tourism development is expected to produce economic benefits by generating increased revenue for the local economy and contributing to local development.

This approach should be supported by the implementation of local development plans and capacity building among local authorities.

Furthermore, the use of local raw materials and local processing can be cost effective and engender sustainable development.

(b) One hundred seventy fellowships for African, Asian and Latin American trainers on municipal institutional development local government management and local development and policy seminars for officials.

But foreign aid also undermines the development of local state capacity.

Another promising development is the growth of local currency bond markets.

programmes in local development and micro finance and initiate new investments.

In this context, regional highlights for the Local Development portfolio include

Development of co operation with social bodies of the local community

(ii) Tapping local and indigenous knowledge in project development and implementation

(iii) Tapping local and indigenous knowledge in project development and implementation

The field offices also helped local civil society organizations to participate in development policy debates occurring within a system of local development councils strengthened under the peace agreements.

(b) One hundred and seventy fellowships for African, Asian and Latin American trainers on municipal institutional development local government management and local development and policy seminars for officials

For example, capitalizing on the LDP approach, UNCDF has recently embarked on testing strategies to promote local economic development and local environmental governance, and is exploring the potential to leverage information and communications technologies to support local development.

At the national and local levels, we will encourage local authorities, civil society, the private sector and local communities to launch partnerships that support and promote rural development.

One such project was a rural finance project whereby villages created local savings banks to make loans for local development schemes.

In line with the Government of Ghana's decentralization policy, the project interfaces with local structures in supporting local economic development efforts.

But Europe s focus must be on encouraging the development of local agriculture.

However, there is support from local as well as international development partners.

Oman integrated disability into local development approaches, vocational training and social protection.

Such an approach would provide a more integrated approach to local development.

These can occur, for example, by bringing local businesses into supply chains, or by working with local experts on research and development.

This in fact means a deeper integration into the local economy that could be particularly beneficial to the development of local SMEs.