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Local development in a global world: Challenges and opportunities

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  • Antonio Vázquez‐Barquero
  • Juan Carlos Rodríguez‐Cohard

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The paper discusses whether local development is still a policy instrument in a globalized world. Territories throughout the world are experiencing greater international competition, and respond by using local resources in an innovative way. Their effectiveness faces important challenges, such as compatibility of goals, innovation, interaction of the forces of development, and strengthening of institutions. What can be learned from local experiences? How does the local actors’ participation in local development policies improve results? How can local productive systems compete within the global markets? The cornerstones are institutional change, agreement among the local actors, networks, innovation, entrepreneurship and resilience. El artículo examina si el desarrollo local sigue siendo un instrumento político en un mundo globalizado. Los territorios de todo el mundo están experimentando una mayor competencia internacional, y responden utilizando los recursos locales de forma innovadora. Su eficacia se enfrenta a retos importantes, como la compatibilidad de los objetivos, la innovación, la interacción de las fuerzas del desarrollo y el fortalecimiento de las instituciones. ¿Qué se puede aprender de las experiencias locales? ¿Cómo mejora los resultados la participación de los actores locales en las políticas de desarrollo local? ¿Cómo pueden competir los sistemas productivos locales dentro de los mercados globales? Las piedras angulares son el cambio institucional, el acuerdo entre los actores locales, las redes, la innovación, el espíritu emprendedor empresarial y la resiliencia. 本稿では、グローバル化した世界において、地域開発が依然として政策として有用であるか否かを考察する。世界各地で国際競争が激化しており、地域の資源をイノベーティブな方法で利用して対応している。資源利用の有効性は、目標の適合性、イノベーション、開発力の相互作用、制度の強化などの重要な課題に直面している。地域の経験から学べることは何であろうか。地域のアクターが地域の開発政策に参加することにより、どのように成果は改善されるだろうか。地域の生産システムはどのようにしてグローバル市場において競争できるだろうか。その基礎となるのは、制度改革、地域のアクター間の合意、ネットワーク、イノベーション、アントレプレナーシップ、レジリエンスである。

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  • Antonio Vázquez‐Barquero & Juan Carlos Rodríguez‐Cohard, 2019. "Local development in a global world: Challenges and opportunities," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(6), pages 885-897, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:11:y:2019:i:6:p:885-897
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12164
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