To achieve critical development goals, we need to champion local, innovative solutions to social problems. Entrepreneurship is rapidly evolving in many low- and middle-income countries in Africa, ...

Far too often we associate leadership with power, status and authority. But with this narrow outlook, we often tend to forget about the leaders closest to us: local leaders. These local leaders, the ...

World Bank's Community and Local Development bridges the youth jobs gap in fragile, conflict-affected countries by empowering communities, women, and micro-enterprises to drive local economic growth.

Communities are a significant part of a company's growth, providing both opportunities for growth and resources to support the business. However, for businesses to get access to these materials, they ...

AS the promise of elections looms, manifestos take centre stage, promising reform and progress. In our volatile context, empowering local governments is a crucial, yet often overlooked pathway towards ...

Deepen your understanding of local and regional economic development in this specialist programme, affiliated with the Institute for Economic Development (IED). Technological change, shifting patterns ...