Local Economic Development

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课程名称：地方经济发展 课程概述：欢迎参加这门关于地方经济发展的MOOC课程。地方经济发展（LED）是指地方政府、企业和公民社会团体通过合作，持续提高收入并改善生活的过程。它关注于创造就业机会、保障生计、改善基础设施和管理地方资源。 学习内容： 本课程将探讨以下问题：经济发展为何在全球某些地区发生而在其他地区未能实现？是什么阻碍了人们在自己的地方过上理想生活？你的地区能否更好地利用全球化和新技术带来的机遇？你所在国家的权力下放是否未能提供更好的公共服务和更为响应的政府？如果你在思考这些问题，那么这门课程正是为你而设。课程将探索经济发展的地理、主体及方式。 课程内容安排（持续8周）： 1. LED是什么？推动它的因素是什么？ 2. 全球化如何影响LED？ 3. 权力下放对LED的影响？ 4. 竞争力如何影响创新？ 5. 创业及其维度是什么？ 6. 价值链和集群的重要性？ 7. 一些LED策略是什么？ 8. 你的项目 学习方法： 每周你将能够访问视频内容、推荐阅读材料和其他深度学习视频，同时也会有作业需要完成，以获取MOOC证书。课程开始时我们将介绍“工具包”，包括一系列理论和概念，帮助你理解所在地的情况。我们将探讨影响地方经济发展的主要因素，如全球化、权力下放和竞争力。将讨论创新和创业等核心组成部分，并研究地方经济组织成集群、价值链和学习区域的方式。最后，我们将深化一些特定构造的内容，以促进地方经济的增长，造福社区。你还可以在讨论论坛中贡献自己的想法，与来自世界各地的参与者进行交流。 本课程的特别之处： 虽然互联网上有大量关于地方经济发展的信息，主要由国际捐赠者或多边组织提供，但本课程有所不同。首先，由于本课程由在地方经济发展领域拥有显著研究的学者提供，因此汇聚了丰富的学术知识。其次，授课教师参与了多个拉丁美洲、亚洲、东欧和非洲的能力建设项目，亲身体验理论与实践之间的距离。第三，本课程意识到每个地区的差异，不试图提供“一刀切”的方案，强调驱动地方经济发展的关键因素，以使参与者进行自主学习，定义地方问题并提供适当的解决方案。课程旨在帮助参与者提出促进地方经济发展的新思路。 获取证书： 如果希望获得该MOOC的证书，需每周完成小作业并参与讨论论坛的互动。在课程结束时，你将把这些贡献汇总成最终文件——你的顶点项目（Capstone Project）。 希望你能对这门课程充满激情，并与我们一同分享促进地方经济发展的热情。 授课教师： - Dr. Georgina M. Gómez, ISS - Prof. Emeritus AHJ (Bert) Helmsing, ISS - Dr. Jan Fransen, IHS

课程大纲

Name:Introduction to Local Economic Development

Description:This week introduces the “local” in economic development and explains why LED is a particular way of pursuing development. Video 1 reflects on why LED takes place in some areas and not in others. Video 2 identifies the main drivers of local economic development. The videos have been prepared by ISS Emeritus Professor Bert Helmsing.

Name:Globalisation

Description:In this week, you will appreciate the pressures and opportunities posed by globalization on the local level. Globalization is conceived as a phenomenon in two tiers. At one level, infinite flows of information, culture, trade, financial flows, and migrants seem to move in all directions around the planet. At another level, globalization is a much more identifiable phenomenon that occurs within closed networks of cities and regions, in which specific actors exchange goods, services, investments and knowledge. As a result, some regions are included and others are excluded. Video 1 addresses the first tier of globalization and defines it as the combination of four flows: trade, financial flows, migration of workers, and their integration in global value chains. This video is prepared by ISS Professor Irene van Staveren, and is part of the MOOC on Pluralistic Economics. You will get a feel of that MOOC too, which we recommend for those that want to deepen their knowledge on economics. Video 2 explores the second level of globalization and maps global networks of cities and regions. It discusses how being included or excluded in these networks affects local economic development. We called this video The Ties that Bind Us. It is offered by South African IHS Professor Ronald Wall.

Name:Decentralization & Local Responses

Description:In week 1 we identified four drivers that constrain and push local economic development and in week 2 we looked into globalization as one of them. In this week, Bert Helmsing will look into another driver, namely decentralization. The first video defines decentralization as the transfer of responsibilities and resources from central government to local government and also to actors, like private firms and citizens. The second video delves into the ways in which decentralization has changed local governance and how local governments in some countries have assumed responsibilities over local economic development.

Name:Competitiveness

Description:In this fourth week, the course elaborates on competitiveness, the third driver that affects local economic development. It discusses the factors that make firms competitive and the role of geography in promoting competitiveness. In the first video Bert Helmsing defines competitiveness and explains how the concept has changed over time, leading to a greater recognition of the importance of space in shaping the competitiveness of firms. The second video discusses innovation, which goes hand in hand with competitiveness. It defines innovation, why it is important, and how to promote innovation in a local economy. The video is prepared by IHS Professor Jan Fransen, specialist on innovation and clusters. The third video introduces the relatively new concept of frugal innovation within the innovation family. Frugal innovations are simple, smart and affordable products, services and systems with low user complexity, high functionality, and high user value for relatively low-income people. The video features ISS Professor Peter Knorringa, director of the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa.

Name:Entrepreneurship

Description:In week 5 the course looks into entrepreneurship as a key resource in local economic development. It pays attention mainly at small and medium entrepreneurs, which are normally 90% of the businesses in any region and those in the informal economy, which are 60% to 90% of the local economy in developing countries. This week is prepared by Argentine ISS Professor Georgina Gómez. The first video discusses the meaning of entrepreneurship and why it takes different expressions in developed and developing economies. The second video distinguishes survival from growth oriented entrepreneurs not as two types of entrepreneurs but as different ways of thinking about business. The third video analyses policies to support entrepreneurs and reviews research that shows that it is almost impossible to shift from survival to growth oriented entrepreneurship. The main idea is that if we understand the different types of businesses, we can design policies that more effectively support each type and with more realistic expectations. The fourth video focuses on women entrepreneurship as a first approach to support women in business. About 80% of microentrepreneurs in developing countries are women that raise income to support their families.

Name:VALUE CHAINS AND CLUSTERS

Description:Businesses sometimes come together in the local economy and configure agglomerations in which suppliers, workers, competitors, and clients play a role. In the same territory we often find supporting organisations like banks, consultancies, and governmental agencies. The first video, by IHS Professor Jan Fransen, introduces the concept of clusters and presents them as islands of creativity. It also lists some ideas to support the formation of clusters. The second video, by ISS Professor Peter Knorringa, expands the concept of clusters to stable networks where firms buy and sell products globally. We call these arrangements global value chains. The terms and conditions under which local entrepreneurs integrate global value chains are determined by how the value chain is organised and by whom. The third video, by IHS professor Jan Fransen introduces a third concept in the family learning regions, which expands on the other two and brings in elements from innovation (week 3). The video discusses the concept of a learning region as a precondition for local economic development.

Name:VALUE CHAINS AND CLUSTERS: Lesson Choices

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Name:LED Strategies

Description:The MOOC started by defining local economic development as local actors using local resources to enhance wellbeing in a territory. This week, with videos by ISS professor G. Gómez, poses the dilemma between development from below and development from above and covers some alternatives of LED strategies. The first video gives you an overview of strategies to support LED and of the governance challenges involved in the interrelationships between actors in markets (businesses), state (governmental agencies) and communities (households and various civil society organisations). The second video presents a case of negotiated inclusion in which a farmers’ association in Nicaragua reorganized an agricultural cluster to integrate in the coffee global value chain. The third video discusses the informal economy and how the concept has lately evolved into our understanding of collective action and the social and solidarity economy. The fourth video presents a special case of the social economy in which governance systems and natural resources form social ecological systems. These have been known lately as the organization of the commons.

Name:Project Week

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