Trust in Local Economic Development

Tutik Rachmawati

ISBN 10: 3844308377 / ISBN 13: 9783844308372

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Feb 2011, 2011

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Neuware -Literature on Local Economic Development has been growing tremendous in the last few years. Various methods has been established and exercised in the creation of local competitive advantage. Local Competitive Advantage (LoCA) is another name for Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA. It is meant as breakthrough to start Local Economic Development. This book analyses how LoCA, which was regarded as an external factor in stakeholder integration and trust building, facilitates the creation of trusts among local economic stakeholders, types of trust being established and the dynamics of Local Economic Development based on case study in Srilanka. Student in Local or Urban Economic Development will find this book useful in understanding the contested idea of the corellation between trust and Local Economic Development performance. Further, the unique emprical case study presented in the book should shed a light for professionals to understand more the debate whether small striving efforts at grass root level for Local Economic Development is a way to achieve competitive advantage or it is more a strategy of poverty alleviation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Trust in Local Economic Development
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Feb 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3844308377
• ISBN 13: 9783844308372
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 5D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 5 millimeters depth
• Weight: 131 grams

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Synopsis

Literature on Local Economic Development has been growing tremendous in the last few years. Various methods has been established and exercised in the creation of local competitive advantage. Local Competitive Advantage (LoCA) is another name for Participatory Appraisal of Competitive Advantage (PACA. It is meant as breakthrough to start Local Economic Development. This book analyses how LoCA, which was regarded as an external factor in stakeholder integration and trust building, facilitates the creation of trusts among local economic stakeholders, types of trust being established and the dynamics of Local Economic Development based on case study in Srilanka. Student in Local or Urban Economic Development will find this book useful in understanding the contested idea of the corellation between trust and Local Economic Development performance. Further, the unique emprical case study presented in the book should shed a light for professionals to understand more the debate whether small striving efforts at grass root level for Local Economic Development is a way to achieve competitive advantage or it is more a strategy of poverty alleviation.

About the Author

Tutik Rachmawati studied Public Administration at Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia and Local and Regional Development at the Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands, recently doing her Ph.D at INLOGOV, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom. She is a lecturer at Public Administration Department Parahyangan Catholic University, Indonesia.