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Understanding Market Failures in an Economic Development Context
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Many development practitioners are familiar with the phrase "market failure".
However, not many people relate to the topic... More > in a practical sense. Many remember boring lectures in universities where market failures were presented as abstract theoretical concepts in economics 101. In this book, Dr. Shawn Cunningham takes a perspective that the clues to begin to address market failures are in the world around us. He argues that the characteristics attributed to each market failure by clever scholars actually provide some clues to development practitioners about ways in which to address the imperfections that hinders market based transactions. Shawn also argues that market failures cannot be addressed by business management principles, and that typical market research instruments will provide little information on how to make a market system where there is demand, supply and supporting institutions work better. < Less
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How to Conduct a PACA Exercise
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Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA) is a methodology to conduct a rapid, action-oriented analysis of a... More > local economy. It has been used in dozens of countries across the world to kick-start or energize local economic development processes. This manual gives a step-by-step instruction on how to conduct a PACA Exercise. < Less
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How to conduct a PACA Exercise
 More Detail 		How to conduct a PACA Exercise By Jorg Meyer-Stamer
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Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA) is a methodology to conduct a rapid, action-oriented analysis of a... More > local economy. It has been used in dozens of countries across the world to kick-start or energize local economic development processes. This manual gives a step-by-step instruction on how to conduct a PACA Exercise. < Less
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Rapid Appraisal of Local Innovation Systems (RALIS)
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Rapid Appraisal of Local Innovation Systems (RALIS) is a method to conduct, in a matter of... More > weeks, an action-oriented diagnosis of a locality or local cluster. This paper gives an overview of the background, conceptual basis and results of RALIS. < Less
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Milestones in a process of innovation, change and development
 More Detail 		Milestones in a process of innovation, change and development By mesopartner (eds.)
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This anthology brings together a large variety of articles and comments by development scholars and practitioners from all... More > over the world. The opening article and pivot is a reprint of an influential publication on systemic competitiveness. Based on this concept, the authors are taking a look back and also ahead at various topics related to territorial development, value chain and cluster promotion, innovation and change. The reader will get a deep insight in the academic work and professional personality of Dr. Jörg Meyer-Stamer. At the same time it’s a gift for his 50th birthday.


Dr. Jörg-Meyer Stamer is a pioneer in local economic development. As a researcher at the German Development Institute he co-authored the concept of systemic competitiveness and published numerous monographs and articles in academic journals.


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Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA)
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PACA is a proven method to launch or energize local economic development initiatives. It... More > stimulates locally driven, inclusive bottom-up processes. This booklet gives an overview of the principles of PACA.
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La Energia de Grupos Grandes para el Desarrollo Economico Local
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Este manual contiene dos metodologías, el Café DEL y el Espacio Abierto, así como una parte conceptual, para familiarizar... More > los actores
locales con los conceptos modernos de DEL e incentivar el debate sobre las condiciones y potencialidades económicas a nivel local.
De este modo, las metodologías adaptadas al contexto DEL, ayudan a sensibilizar a los actores locales y abren nuevas perspectivas para
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El Libro de Conceptos PACA
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PACA es un enfoque innovador y un rápido avance para el desarrollo económico local y regional. Utilizado en docenas de... More > países de cuatro continentes, las organizaciones internacionales donantes lo están adoptando como enfoque corriente. < Less
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La Brújula de la Competitividad
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La Brújula de la Competitividad Local es una herramienta para la gestión del desempeño para la competitividad... More > territorial. Se basa en el método del Cuadro de Mando Integral (BSC por su sigla en inglés Balanced Scorecard – CMI en castellano). Mientras que el CMI ha sido elaborado para el uso en empresas y otras organizaciones, la Brújula está diseñada específicamente para atender las necesidades de las iniciativas de desarrollo económico local y regional. < Less
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Manual de Listas de Chequeo PACA
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PACA es un enfoque innovador y un rápido avance para el desarrollo económico local y regional. Utilizado en docenas de... More > países de cuatro continentes, las organizaciones internacionales donantes lo están adoptando como enfoque corriente. < Less
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