Local governance, economic development and institutions. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Georgina M. Gómez, Peter Knorringa.
• Editors: Gómez, Georgina; Knorringa, Peter, 1964-
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Local Governance: Public Development Ambitions, Decentralisation and Continued Informality; 1 Governance and Development: The Importance of Legitimacy and Institutional Change; 2 Decentralisation and Local Governance Approach: A Prospect for Implementing the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals; 3 Enhancing Service Delivery at the Local Level in Zimbabwe: Challenges and Future Prospects 4 Digitisation and Participation in Urban Governance: The Contribution of ICT-Based Spatial Knowledge Management in Indian Cities; 5 Housing Disablement: Market Failures, Haphazard Policies and the Global Proliferation of Slums; 6 From Development Aid to Fostering Global Public Goods: The Role of Institutions and Institutional Change; Part II Where Value Chains and Local Economic Development Meet: Power Asymmetries, Agency, and the Role of Trust; 7 Effectiveness and Pertinence of Public-Private Partnerships to Promote Regional Competitiveness at the Level of Value Chain: The Case of Colombia 8 Governance Dynamics: Textile, Talavera-Style Ceramic and Fireworks Production in Central Mexico; 9 Building Local Agency: The Case of a Nicaraguan Association in the Coffee Global Value Chain; 10 Global Value Chains and Inclusive Development: Unpacking Smallholder Producers' Agency; 11 At the Frontier of Economic Development: Unravelling Institutional Change in Fragile Environments; Part III How Actors Co-shape and Adapt to Evolving Institutions to Leverage Their Resources; 12 Beyond Friend or Foe: Foreign Investment, Responsible Business and Local Development in Africa 13 Incorporating Smallholders' Values into Value Chains through Partnerships; 14 Brazilian Business Incubators: Brokerage in a Multi-Actor Approach to Local Economic Development; 15 Absorptive Capacity and Local Networking of Home-Based Enterprises in 'Kampong Cyber', Yogyakarta, Indonesia; 16 Auto Mechanics and Business Practices in Ghana; Index
• Publisher Details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 320.809172/4; Political science; Local government -- Developing countries; Economic development -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Sustainable development -- Developing countries -- Case studies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / National; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Reference; Economic development; Economic policy; Local government; Politics and government; Sustainable development; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Political Science -- Economic Conditions; Social Science -- Developing Countries; Political Science -- General; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Development economics & emerging economies; Political economy; Development studies; Political science & theory; Social issues & processes; Economic policy; Development economics; Political economy; Economic development; Developing countries -- Politics and government -- Case studies; Developing countries -- Economic policy -- Case studies; Developing countries; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137557599; 1137557591
• Related ISBNs: 9781137557582
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 19, 2016)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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