Understanding Your Local Economy: A Resource Guide for Cities

Via Development Gateway, an incredible resource focused on international aid and development programs:

The Cities Alliance has released a new publication, Understanding Your Local Economy: A Resource Guide for Cities, that addresses the challenges of analysing local economic conditions and a city’s comparative and competitive advantages. Funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Guide presents practical approaches to conducting citywide and regionwide economic and competitive assessments. It includes advice on how to choose local economic development (LED) indicators and tools that can assess a local economy’s competitiveness.

Also see the report Emerging Cities, focused on cities with fast growing populations, the issues they face, and the need to develop systems and infrastructures in response.