Land Tenure and Property Rights Brochure
Land tenure is one of the most important assets, particularly for the rural and urban poor. This brochure is an abbreviated version of a four-volume set on land tenure and property rights.

Ukraine Land Reform
As Ukraine strives to further its transition to a free market economy, a top priority remains to privatize land so that ordinary people can become private property owners. USAID has supported the Ukrainian Government to streamline and speed up this process. This success story provides the highlights of the achievements made to date.

International Labour Organization, Overview and learned lessons on Local Economic Development, Human Development, and Decent Work, 2001
This paper is part of study supported by the ILO Programme "Universitas" to analyze the conceptual framework for local economic development and lessons learned from practice. The paper also provides a review of international best practices and lessons learned and provides recommendations for policymakers and implementers working in developing and transitional countries.

Philip Raines, Local or National Competitive Advantage? The Tensions in Cluster Development Policy, 2001
The paper explores the policy tensions and potential conflicts between local and national governments in pursuing competitive advantages. Eight case studies from Western Europe are examined to draw conclusions from the experience of promoting cluster development.

OECD, Local Development and Job Creation, 2000
This OECD policy paper explores the linkages between local economic development and job creation through a series of key questions. Issues covered in the policy brief include the implications of globalization, impact of decentralization, role of the third sector and social enterprises, and best practices in local development policy.

LED Strategy Casebook, World Bank
A core aim of this LED Strategic Planning and Practice Casebook is to highlight practical knowledge and approaches that can be used by municipal governments and communities to understand, design and implement integrated LED strategies. This Casebook seeks to provide an understanding of municipal approaches to LED strategic planning by identifying good practice in strategic planning methodology. The Casebook serves as a collection of six local economic development strategies that provide examples of good practice from across Europe and from the Cities of Change network. The Casebook also contains good practice notes and comments.

dgCommunity Knowledge Sharing & Collaboration Worldwide. LED Case Studies, Development Gateway Foundation
The case studies from this World Bank website are identified by their primary LED project or program objective. Through this web page the World Bank staff seeks to build a library of case studies that share the success stories and the 'not so successful' stories from those who have developed and implemented a LED strategy. These case studies are either directly linked to another website, a PDF document link, or an analysis of a specific region using the five step LED strategic approach.

Local Economic Development Information Service (LEDIS)
LEDIS is an international library of local economic development case studies, highlighting good practice from around the world. Aimed at economic development professionals, the online library has been designed as a tool for sharing ideas and good practice about groundbreaking regeneration initiatives in more than 40 countries on all 7 continents, from Europe and North America to Australasia, Africa, Asia and South America. The database provides its subscribers with up-to-date, practical information about how individual strategies and initiatives in the regeneration field can help to improve the lives of people in countries across the globe.

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