Regional Development Processes

Advocates for devolution of responsibility for economic development have frequently made a link between the governance of city-regions and their economic performance. The evidence they adduce for this does not clearly bear this out, since there are problems in defining the scale of the cities under consideration, the scope of the powers involved ....

This research starts from the analysis of Romania's regional development policy over the last few years, while introducing the argument of creating poles of growth, genuine innovative clusters, according to schemes that have been validated within the European Union. The research horizon is comprised within the realities noticed in the N ....

This Service Plan provides the strategic direction for service delivery for the Western Australian Country Health Service's Coastal Wheatbelt and Moora catchment for the next 10 years and will inform the implementation plan for the State Government's $565 million Southern Inland Health Initiative. The Service Plan was developed via a comprehensiv ....

The toolkit provides practical, easy to read information and resources that will beuseful whether you are a community development worker, a state or localgovernment officer working with communities, or an individual with a passion for aproject that will benefit your community. The toolkit includes many suggestions for effective ways to work with ....

Australia and Ireland are two countries in which the economic importance of agriculture has been steadily declining. There are few similarities in the form of agriculture in the two countries, with greater diversity of produce and larger scale evident in Australia. Despite these differences, there are similarities in the social and economic probl ....

This paper discusses public policy processes at the local level, using south west Victoria as an illustration. After describing the place of south west Victoria in the economic global world and within the national and state policy processes, the paper then discusses the place of local autonomy in small town development. Although lo ....

Despite their long-standing use in economic policy analysis generally, and increasing popularity in regional policy analysis, computable general equilibrium (CGE) models have yet to become the dominant approach for analysis of regional economic development policies. This review discusses the likely reasons for the limited use of CGE models for re ....

A new geography of Functional Economic Regions (FERs) has been created across the large metropolitan city regions and across the non-metropolitan areas of the nation. The demarcation of FRRs, which are formed on spatial building blocks known as SLAs (Statistical Local Areas), uses a methodology that optimises within-region self-containment of com ....

This Economic and Infrastructure Framework (the framework) identifies opportunities for the Darling Downs economy to grow with the support of strategic infrastructure planning. By highlighting the economic potential of the Darling Downs, the framework aims to encourage private sector investment in the region, as well as inform infrastructure plan ....

Draws national and international experience as well as regional development theory to set out the principles and strategies that can be used to establish a stronger future for our regions. A 'hands on' book that provides concrete guidance for policy makers, local government officials and economic development practitioners and will allow readers ....

Although the multiple economic, environmental and social challenges threatening the viability of rural and regional communities in Australia are well-known, little research has explored how community leaders conceptualise the impact and opportunities associated with economic diversification from agriculture into alternative industries, such as to ....

The aim of this paper is to synthesise three separate but similar studies into the motivations of accountants, engineers, and nurses to come to Australia's Northern Territory. Gordon's job structures model and the labour force development implications of staples thesis are to be used to provide a view of the differences between types of jobs. R ....

This report is one of a series of reports prepared by EconSearch for the Department of Trade and Economic Development to detail the method, data sources and results from construction of input-output (I-O) models for South Australia (SA) and its component Government and Regional Development Board (RDB) regions for 2006/07. The purpose of this repo ....

This study quantifies the economic contribution of the Geelong campuses' ongoing operations and student expenditure to the local community in the Greater Geelong LGA. Report LocationClick here to view the full report ....