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Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED) is a process to mobilize stakeholders from the public and private sectors as well as from civil society, to become partners in a joint effort to improve the economy of a defined subnational territory and thus increase its competitiveness.
Source: GTZ (2006), Local and Regional Economic Development (LRED), Experiences from Asia, November 2006
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LRED is the process by which public, business and non-governmental sector partners work collectively to create better conditions for economic growth and employment generation. The aim is to improve the quality of life for all in the community. "Community" is here defined as a city, town, metropolitan area, or sub national region.
Source: World Bank (2002), Local Economic Development - A Primer, December 2002.
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LRED is a participatory process where local people from all sectors work together to stimulate local commercial activity resulting in a resilient and sustainable economy. It is an approach to help create decent jobs and improve the quality of life for everyone, including the poor and marginalized.
Source: UN-Habitat (2004), The Quick Guide, Strategic Planning for Local Economic Development, June 2004.
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is an important element of an LRED process, but LRED also involves large companies Industrial policy symbolizes top-down approaches, not local, bottom-up initiatives Urban/infrastructure is related to LRED process, makes planning LRED easier Community development follows a different logic, though there is some synergy may be a medium-term result of an Strategic planning LRED process, not the starting point may also be a medium-term result of an Creating a LED agency LED process
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