Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Boosting Social Enterprise Development Good Practice Compendium

Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Boosting Social Enterprise Development Good Practice Compendium
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9264268502

Social enterprises are long-standing agents of inclusive growth and democratization of the economic and social spheres, and they have proved resilient to economic adversity all the while addressing socio-economic challenges in innovative ways, re-integrating people back to the labour market, and

Secretary-General's Report to Ministers 2017

Secretary-General's Report to Ministers 2017
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2017-06-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9264272348

The OECD Secretary-General's annual report to ministers covers not only the activities of the SG and his office, horizontal programmes and activities of the directorates but also the activities of its agencies and special entities.

Secretary-General's Report to Ministers 2016

Secretary-General's Report to Ministers 2016
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2016-06-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9264257152

The OECD Secretary-General's annual report to ministers covers not only the activities of the SG and his office, horizontal programs and activities of the directorates but also the activities of its agencies and special entities.

Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2018 Preparing for the Future of Work

Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2018 Preparing for the Future of Work
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9264305343

This third edition of Job Creation and Local Economic Development examines the impact of technological progress on regional and local labour markets. It sheds light on widening regional gaps on job creation, workers education and skills, as well as inclusion in local economies.

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions
Author: Robert Huggins
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 561
Release: 2024-03-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019269118X

The concept of 'entrepreneurial ecosystems' has emerged as a means for theorizing and making policy-decisions concerning entrepreneurship and economic development within and across cities and regions. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions assembles original contributions from scholars across the world to provide an in-depth analysis of a concept that has the capability to capture a dynamic global economy with entrepreneurial innovation at the crux of its future development. It addresses wider issues concerning the evolution of new forms of industrial organisation. The book develops an agenda and understanding that aims to build upon the early explosion of interest within academic, policy, and practice circles by providing new and important insights that contribute to knowledge, direct future investigations, and to increase the effectiveness of research-based policy and practice. Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Cities and Regions builds a framework for establishing a robust and sustainable concept that can help propel an understanding of how cities and regions around the world can use entrepreneurship and innovation as a catalyst for their future economic, social, and environmental development. The volume highlights the need to account for urban and regional contextual factors when determining the strength or otherwise of entrepreneurial ecosystems, and illustrates that these factors can lead to the development of entrepreneurial activity of quite a different nature across cities and regions.

Boosting Social Enterprise Development

Boosting Social Enterprise Development
Author: Collectif
Publisher: OECD
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9264268510

Social enterprises are long-standing agents of inclusive growth and democratisation of the economic and social spheres, and they have proved resilient to economic adversity all the while addressing socio-economic challenges in innovative ways, re-integrating people back to the labour market, and contributing to overall social cohesion. This compendium derives policy lessons for boosting social enterprises from the analysis of 20 initiatives in several EU member-countries, covering a range of policy areas from legal frameworks, finance, market access, and support structures, to education and skills.

The Economy of Green Cities

The Economy of Green Cities
Author: Richard Simpson
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 465
Release: 2012-11-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9400719698

This volume bridges the gap between the global promotion of the Green Economy and the manifestation of this new development strategy at the urban level. Green cities are an imperative solution, not only in meeting global environmental challenges but also in helping to ensure socio-economic prosperity at the local level.

Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America

Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America
Author: Mayra Buvinić
Publisher: IDB
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1931003653

Poverty and inequality in Latin America are easily recognizable in the faces of women, Afro-descendents, the indigenous, people with disabilities, victims of HIV/AIDS, and other groups outside the societal mainstream. Social Inclusion and Economic Development in Latin America reviews the common features of these excluded populations, including their invisibility in official statistics and the stigma, discrimination, and disadvantages they have long endured. But it also examines the region's inclusionary policies and programs that can improve access by these groups to the quality social services and economic and political resources these groups need to level the playing field. Case studies examine ethnic and racial political organization, gender quotas, and labor markets across the region, and social exclusion in Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, and Peru. Comparative studies summarize social inclusion policies of both the European Union and selected countries on the Continent.