scholarly journals A program evaluation of the Louisville Enterprise Zone : a study of local planning and economic development.

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Program Evaluation ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Enterprise Zone

The Use of Planning Methodologies in Local Economic Development Decisionmaking

1997 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 285-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
L A Reese
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Economic Base ◽  
Demand Side ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Evaluation Activity ◽  
Evaluation Practices ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Us Cities

In this paper the nature and extent of local planning and evaluation practices and their impact on economic development policies are examined. Based on data from a survey of Canadian and US cities with populations over 10 000, several conclusions are drawn; (1) it appears that the extent of planning and evaluation of local economic development policies is limited in cities in both nations; (2) conditions which appear to be associated with planning and evaluation include expected growth in economic base, more land available for development, larger local budgets for economic development, and greater professionalism among economic development officials; and (3) although more planning and evaluation activity is related to an increased use of all types of economic development techniques, planning appears to interact with other local forces in a manner which may lead to more entrepreneurial, demand-side, or redistributive economic development policies.

Short-Term Versus Long-Term Effects of the Louisville Enterprise Zone Incentives: A Response to Sumei Zhang

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 294-298
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Lambert
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Time Horizon ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Jefferson County ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Enterprise Zone ◽  
Letter To The Editor ◽  
Development Policies

Zhang wrote that the Louisville enterprise zone (EZ) was more successful than what previous research showed and that variations in research design have led to conflicting or mixed reviews of many local economic development policies that are based on the EZ concept. She mentions a study and an article on the Louisville, Kentucky EZ and implies the time horizon used to evaluate it was too short. This Forum/Letter to the Editor points out that the Louisville EZ went through multiple transformations and expansions over its history from 1983 to 2003, and as noted in the first of two studies, the original zone showed virtually no progress from 1983 to 1990. Several other unpublished papers pointed out the same results when the original EZ and other parts of the expanded EZ were analyzed up to the last years of the 20th century. Finally, this Forum/Letter to the Editor argues that and provides reasons for the methodology employed by Lambert and Coomes as a superior way of analyzing the Louisville EZ when compared with the methods employed by Zhang. The main reason why Zhang showed success in the EZ is because she mostly evaluates it in its final form in the late 1990s after it had annexed many sections of Jefferson County, which were not as nearly economically disadvantaged as the original Louisville EZ established in 1983.

scholarly journals Does local government have capacity for enabling local economic development? Lessons from Jamaica

2014 ◽  
pp. 3-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eris D Schoburgh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Local Economic Development ◽  
Information Provision ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Organisational Capacity

Implementation of the Caribbean Local Economic Development Project (CARILED)1began in 2012 in seven countries for a duration of six years, to support sustainable economic growth in the region. CARILED has introduced the idea of local economic development (LED) to the ‘development’ debate in the region but has also brought the organisational capacity of local government, and local government’s role as ‘facilitator’ of LED,to the fore. This paper assesses organizational behaviour and capability in local government in Jamaica to determine the state of readiness for a developmental role. The paper draws on two sets of research data to aid its analysis–a capacity audit (CAPAUD) conducted in 2010 and an organisational analysis (OA)commissioned by the Ministry of Local Government in 2010, both of which targeted a sample of local authorities in Jamaica.The study found that when assessed against established criteria for an LED organisation, ie: research and information provision; marketing and coordination; learning and innovation; and leadership - local government’s institutional and organisational capacity for development is unevenly distributed. For instance, local leaders understood organisational purpose but efforts to give effect to this appeared undeveloped, sporadic and uni-directional. It was also evident that participatory strategies are used to gain information from communities but these were often devoid of systematic research methodologies rendering formal community impact on local planning negligent. Finally there is strong potential for the kind of administrative leadership required by a developmental local government to evolve,indicated by the quality of training, quantum of managerial/supervisory staff, and stability of staff establishment. However, this potential is threatened by the deficiencies in the non-traditional functional areas that are strategic to the organisation’s effectiveness as a ‘facilitator’ of LED, ie:alignment of community engagement/interface with LED priorities, diffusion of information technology in organisational processes, and utilisation of policy analysis and development. These findings contribute important policy relevant information to the discourses in the region about the construction of alternative solutions to institutional and organisational problems in response to the economic crises of small island developing states (SIDS).

New Tools for Economic Development: The Enterprise Zone, Development Bank, and RFC.

1982 ◽  
Vol 97 (2) ◽  
pp. 348
Author(s):  
James Heilbrun ◽  
George Sternlieb ◽  
David Listokin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Enterprise Zone ◽  
Zone Development
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