Reshaping London's Economic Governance: The Role of the London Development Agency

2003 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Syrett ◽  
Robert Baldock
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Network Governance ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Central State ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Development Agency ◽  
Path Dependent

The shift towards network forms of urban and regional governance operating in a multi-level manner across different spatial scales and sectors is now well observed. For London, the system of network governance that developed from the 1980s appeared poorly positioned to respond to the particular challenges faced by world cities of retaining international competitiveness and dealing with increased social polarization. The restoration of pan-London strategic governance in 2000 initiated a phase of intense evolution in economic governance as the result of the creation of a Mayor and associated agency, the London Development Agency (LDA), to take the lead role for economic development and regeneration activity in the capital. This article analyses the emerging governance arrangements within London to illustrate the evolutionary and path-dependent nature of change through the interaction of national political and constitutional contexts, local conditions and wider processes of global change. The article argues that the potential of reinvigorated city-level economic governance within London is heavily constrained by the manner in which power was devolved by the central state. In its attempts to provide a strategic, lead role for London's economic development, the Mayor and the LDA must operate within a network governance system characterized by strong central control and a reliance on a complex array of partners operating across scales and sectors to deliver its economic strategy.

scholarly journals EFFECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEM AS A CONDITION FOR INTEGRATED REGIONAL AND MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-147
Author(s):  
А. Новоселов ◽  
A. Novoselov ◽  
А. Маршалова ◽  
A. Marshalova ◽  
Г. Ждан ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Institutional Governance ◽  
Integrated Development ◽  
Major Development ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Institutional System

<p>The goal of the current research is to develop methodological approaches to the institutional system of regional governance targeting comprehensive social and economic development of a region. The governance system has been presented as an interconnected set of subsystems, including organizational structures (institutional system), planning and forecasting documents and a management mechanism (instruments of influence). The research makes it possible to identify the problems in integrated development which the current governance system is unable to solve or solves inefficiently. The paper features assessment of the role of the institutional governance system in implementing strategic directions of integrated regional social and economic development. It also includes an analysis of the institutional structure of spatial development management in a Russian Federation subject. The analysis involves functions, authorities, schemes and procedures used by regional governments in terms of ensuring unity and interrelation between regional and municipal levels of governance. The paper identifies the major development lines of the institutional system of regional governance ensuring integrated regional development. The research features the problems of regional integrated development and those associated with exercising authorities’ powers in regard to integrated development of territories. It has been concluded that the main problems of regional economic and social development are due to the prevalence of sectoral approach and insufficient spatial factor consideration in governance, weak spatial planning, lack of special bodies and mechanisms for managing spatial development, i.e. the lack of what should constitute the institutional system of regional governance. The authors propose recommendations to be used by the authorities on determining the powers, rights, duties and functions of institutional structures of regional governance ensuring the effectiveness of institutional governance system.</p>

Interregional relations in the governance system of the subsidized region of Siberia

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (7) ◽  
pp. 1231-1247
Author(s):  
Snezhana P. MONGUSH
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Governance System ◽  
The Social ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
Economic Advancement ◽  
Strategic Perspective ◽  
Development Objectives

Subject. This article discusses the issues related to reducing the disparity of regions in terms of socio-economic development. Objectives. The article aims to consider and assess the interregional relations in the governance system of the subsidized region of Siberia. Methods. For the study, I used a statistical analysis. Results. Based on an analysis of different approaches to the development of interregional integration processes, the article proposes various forms of cooperation between regions in different spheres of activities. Conclusions. The main reason for the tenuous interregional relationship in the regional governance system is the lack of economic, institutional, and legal measures to ensure integration. The development of external integration with neighboring regions can contribute to the social and economic advancement of the subsidized region in terms of strategic perspective.

scholarly journals Analysis of Coupling Degree of Economic Governance Capability and Ecological Governance Capability of Regional Industry

CONVERTER ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 638-646
Author(s):  
Hua Li, Wei He, Qiubai Sun
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Objective Evaluation ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Time Dimension ◽  
Governance Capacity ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Ecological Governance ◽  
Coordination Degree

Promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities is an important starting point to promote the advancement of the industrial structure and the green development of the industry, and it is also an inevitable requirement for my country to achieve high-quality economic development. The relationship between ecological governance capabilities and economic governance capabilities runs through national governance. A main line of the modernization of the system and governance capabilities,only by accurately measuring and evaluating my country’s ecological and economic governance and the synergy between the two can we better promote the development of the new normal economy. For this reason,based on the research and evaluation of province data from 2015 to 2019, this paper found that the ecological governance capabilities and economic governance capabilities of China's provinces are quite different. Further, in terms of the coupling coordination degree  between the two, in the time dimension, the coupling coordination degree between the ecological governance capacity and economic governance capacity of each province showed a trend of increasing and then decreasing during the period 2015-2019, but generally showed an upward trend, with the highest point being reached in 2016; in the regional dimension, there were large regional differences in the coupling coordination degree between the ecological governance capacity and economic governance capacity, the coupling coordination degree of ecological governance capacity and economic governance capacity is positively correlated with the level of economic development. This paper provides a theoretical basis for the objective evaluation of the coupling coordination degree of ecological and economic governance capacity in China, and has important practical significance for the coordinated promotion of the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity.

scholarly journals Central Protectionism in China: The “Central SOE Problem” in Environmental Governance

2017 ◽  
Vol 231 ◽  
pp. 685-704 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Eaton ◽  
Genia Kostka
Keyword(s):  
Electricity Generation ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Central State ◽  
Environmental Guidelines ◽  
Regulatory Capacity ◽  
National Champions ◽  
Central Management ◽  
Regulatory Challenges

AbstractThis article examines the so-called “central State Owned Enterprise (SOE) problem” in China's environmental governance system, namely central SOEs' defiance of environmental regulation. We present evidence showing that, in the last decade, central SOEs have been the source of a large number of serious pollution incidents and have often failed to comply with environmental guidelines and regulations. Central SOEs in the electricity generation and oil and gas industries are particularly culpable, with six firms alone accounting for 62 per cent of all 2,370 reported violations (2004–2016). We argue that a combination of “central protectionism” of state-owned national champions and insufficient regulatory capacity in the environmental bureaucracy have provided state firms under central management with both incentives and opportunities to shirk on environmental regulations. Yet, while the institutions of central protectionism are deeply rooted, countervailing forces within the complex Chinese state are also gaining momentum. In spite of the considerable regulatory challenges, officials in the environment bureaucracy display increasing resolve and ingenuity in trying to strengthen their enforcement capacity.

scholarly journals Sustainable Resin Collection and trade Practices in Mid Hills of Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Bharat Gotame
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Benefit Sharing ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Financial Benefit ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Community Forests ◽  
Pine Resin

Non Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) in mountains are one of the enormously valued ecosystem services due to their contribution to the livelihood of people. Pine resin is one of the viable NTFP in middle mountain of Nepal which is tapped from Pinus roxbhurghii tree and can be used in paints, varnishes, stimulant, anti-spasmodic, astringent, diuretic and anti-pathogenic and so on. This piece of work is an attempt to review the current status of pine resin collection enterprise in Nepalese Community Forests and its contribution to the livelihood of Community forest users in mid-hill region. Typically, existing legislations and guidelines have high potential to endure the sustainable livelihood promotion by resin tapping enterprise but the endeavors of revitalizing the financial benefit sharing and governance system is still far. The valued contribution of resin enterprise to sustainable livelihood of users is not impossible but it needs greater effort of all stakeholders. For example, partial intervention to market, involvement of poorer households, improve the local and regional governance and so on. Participatory monitoring of collection work and proper enforcement of sustainable harvesting procedure both have to be improved in state of arts that could finally recognize the rational benefit sharing mechanism among various value chain actors from collector to international traders which is indispensable. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/init.v5i0.10262 The Initiation 2013 Vol.5; 128-137

scholarly journals Problems of Overcoming Market Failures in the Context of Economic Crisis in the Euro Area

2014 ◽  
pp. 162-167
Author(s):  
A. Y. Pluiko
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Euro Area ◽  
Market Failure ◽  
World Market ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Market Failures ◽  
Single Currency ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Money Circulation

The article analyses the manifestations of a market failure problem revealed during the economic crisis in the euro area, namely business cycles, market inability to ensure money circulation and avoid inflation. It is shown that the cyclicity of economic development has revealed in various degrees of economic contraction and different rates of its recovery. These differences have been exacerbated by the new procyclical factors emerged from the transition to a single currency. As for money circulation the crisis has almost no impact on the single currency functioning: the euro has maintained its position on the world market and properly performed money functions in the domestic. The goal to achieve economic development without inflation in the euro area generally has been solved successfully by the European Central Bank (ECB). However, due to the fact that the ECB in its monetary policy does not pay sufficient attention to the increased inflation in small and relatively poor countries, the crisis has been more acute in them than in large countries with low inflation. The goals of ensuring money circulation and avoiding inflation can be settled more effectively in the euro area in case of more tight coherence in economic policy and strengthening of supranational mechanisms of economic governance.

Environmental Degradation, Tropical Diseases, and Economic Development

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Luke Gallup
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Tropical Diseases ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

It’s complicated. Tropical diseases have unusually intricate life cycles because most of them involve not only a human host and a pathogen, but also a vector host. The diseases are predominantly tropical due to their sensitivity to local ecology, usually due to the vector organism. The differences between the tropical diseases mean that they respond to environmental degradation in various ways that depend on local conditions. Urbanization and water pollution tend to limit malaria, but deforestation and dams can exacerbate malaria and schistosomiasis. Global climate change, the largest environmental change, will likely extend the range of tropical climate conditions to higher elevations and near the limits of the tropics, spreading some diseases, but will make other areas too dry or hot for the vectors. Nonetheless, the geographical range of tropical diseases will be primarily determined by public health efforts more than climate. Early predictions that malaria will spread widely because of climate change were flawed, and control efforts will probably cause it to diminish further. The impact of human disease on economic development is hard to pin down with confidence. It may be substantial, or it may be misattributed to other influences. A mechanism by which tropical disease may have large development consequences is its deleterious effects on the cognitive development of infants, which makes them less productive throughout their lives.

A Structural Explanation for Sino-US-Venezuelan Relations

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Petros Spanakos
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
South America ◽  
Global Governance ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Chinese Foreign Policy ◽  
Us Foreign Policy ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Way

US-Venezuelan relations display both confrontation and cooperation. Chinese relations with Venezuela are a most likely case for rebellion against the global governance system over which the US presides. This chapter makes a structuralist argument, arguing that the way that the three countries are positioned within global and regional governance structures conditions the underlying character of their relations with each other. Simply put, the US, China, and Venezuela have very different interests and capabilities and their structural positions in South America explain why the increased Chinese presence in Venezuela is neither a threat to the US nor does it substantially aid Venezuelan intentions toward multi-polarizing the region or world. To make this argument, the chapter assumes that US foreign policy toward Venezuela is informed by its position as regional hegemon, Chinese foreign policy toward Venezuela is informed by its position as an extra-regional commercial state, and Venezuelan foreign policy toward both is informed by its position as a petrostate.

scholarly journals Local Economic Development Strategies and Challenges: A Comparative Empirical Evidence from Ghana’s Local Governance System

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akpeko Agbevade
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Land Tenure System ◽  
District Assemblies ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

Local level economic development has eluded Ghana since independence. This was because most policies were centralized. As a result, focus was shifted to local economic development. This article comparatively examined the local economic development strategies implemented in three of Ghana’s Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies. Using the mixed method and multiple case study approaches of research, the study sampled a total of 533 respondents across the three Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies and analyzed data using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The study gleaned that the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies implemented similar local economic development strategies which could be categorized into contemporary local economic development and traditional local economic development approaches. Challenges such as inadequate finance, land tenure system, lack of modern equipment among others were identified. The provision of a central pool for financing local economic development, harmonization of locality development policies, de-politicization of local economic development policies, the adoption of change management strategies in Ghana’s local governance system, effective land tenure system are recommended for the success of local economic development in Ghana.

Evaluating Economic Development Strategies

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 218-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Accordino
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Technology Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Development Strategies ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Community Benefits ◽  
State And Local ◽  
The Right ◽  
Economic Development Strategies

This essay reviews recent evaluations of three of the most widely used state and local economic development strategies—traditional business recruitment, enterprise zones, and high-technology development. The studies do not succeed in their efforts to produce broadly generalizable findings that provide clear guidance to state and local policymakers and practitioners. Rather, they show that local conditions are responsible for the success or failure and level of net community benefits to be derived from any approach. Under the right conditions, each of the approaches described here might be appropriate.

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