Evaluation of local economic development

McQuaid, Ronald W

Abstract

There is general agreement in the field of local economic development that evaluation is important to improve policy decisions and their implementation. A range of documents on evaluating government and European Commission economic development policies have been issued in recent years (see for example: DoE, 1988; DTI, 1991; DE, 1991a, b; NAO, 1992), although rarely are these specifically related to local authorities, an exception being the Urban Programme Guidelines covering evaluation (DoE, 1991). This paper seeks to provide and analyse evidence of evaluation in the case of Local Authority economic development policies.

Citation

McQuaid, R. W. (1993). Evaluation of local economic development.

• Conference Name: COSLA Seminar
• Start Date: May 19, 1993
• End Date: May 19, 1993
• Publication Date: May 19, 1993
• Deposit Date: Sep 28, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 28, 2009
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: local economic development; evaluation; public policy; Urban Programme Guidelines; Local Authority Economic Development Policies
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2853
• Contract Date: Sep 28, 2009