Private Enterprise and Financial Markets > Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
Seminar on Local Economic Development
(10/01, SDS/MSM, En, Es)
The seminar's main purposes were:
(i) to present the results of a study carried out by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Division on cases of Local/Regional Economic Development in Latin America and the Caribbean; and
(ii) to open a discussion on how the Bank could implement specific interventions related to that topic.
The IDB has recently adopted a formal strategy on sub-national development, whose goal is to promote economic development and entrepreneurship at the sub-national level as ways to reduce poverty and improve social and living standards. In this endeavor, the seminar will explore how a multilateral bank can foster the adoption of policies and the execution of programs that can improve regional productive capacity, through a holistic approach, working with national and sub-national governments, jointly with the private sector.
For your information, attached please find the presentations and documents for the seminar.
Conceptual Framework of Local Economic Development. Experiences and approaches to competitiveness in international organizations. Moderator: Juan J. Llisterri, Inter-American Development Bank
- Competitive Cities:
Key Issues for Regional Development: Institutions and Financing. Moderator:
Inter-American Development BankResults of the Study on Local Economic Development in Latin America. Moderator: Inter-American Development Bank
- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise and Local Development: Francisco Alburquerque, CSIC (presentation in Spanish)
- Lessons Learned from the Cases: José Luis Lloréns (PDF) - Cases Power Point Document, LGEA (presentation in Spanish)
Local Development Case Studies in Latin America. Moderator: Inter-American Development Bank.
- Subnational Governments with Local Responsibility- Jalisco State, Mexico: Guillermo Woo Power Point Document 2; Sec. de Promoción Económica de Jalisco (presentation in Spanish)
- The city and its most immediate environment-City of Rafaela: Omar Peroti (PDF)- Power Point Document, Senador Provincia de Santa Fé, Argentina (presentation in Spanish)
- An Industrial Metropolitan Environment- Gran ABC, Sao Paulo: Jeroen Klink, Secretario Asuntos Internacionales, prefectura de Santo André, Sao Paulo (presentation in Spanish)
- Rural Development: Everton Chaves Correia (ppt), Power Point Document No.2; Banco do Nordeste, Brazil (presentation in Spanish)
Bank Operations in Execution: Discussion of Operations for Local Economic Development. Moderator: Inter-American Development Bank
- Operations with a state- Brazil, Paraná: Roberto Santoro, Power Point Document 2; Director de Operaciones, Paraná Cidade
- Lessons Learned from the Bank's Operations: Juan Luis Lloréns, LGEA (presentation in Spanish)
- MIF Operations in Cities and Local Environments: Claudio Cortellese; Ecuador: José Antonio Lanusse; Argentina: Hector Castello (1) - Document No.2 (Power Point)(presentations in Spanish)
New Ideas and New Approaches to Local Development. Moderator: Inter-American Development Bank
- Municipal Development Program in Uruguay: José Brakarz - SDS
- Regional Policy in Mexico: Juan Antonio Madrigal, Director General de Desarrollo Regional, Oficina de Desarrollo Regional de la Presidencia (presentation in Spanish)
Conclusions of the Seminar: The Role of the Local Economic Development in the Bank's Strategy. Ideas for a Plan of Action.
Antonio Vives, Deputy Manager, Private Enterprise and Financial Markets, Inter-American Development Bank
Cases Study on Local Economic Development in Latin America - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Division
Last updated: 06/13/07
