El desarrollo local puede definirse como el crecimiento sostenible desde un punto de vista global, que considere a grandes rasgos aspectos económicos, sociales y medioambientales, lo que implicaría realizar una serie de proyectos enfocados a alcanzar metas en cada una de esas áreas. Los...

When studying local development, we find that decentralization and local governance are inseparable factors that contribute strongly into the efficiency of local development attempts. Decentralization gives local authorities more responsibilities and freedom of action without having to refer to...

The idea behind this paper is to counter traditional thinking on economic and social development that considers development as dependent byproduct of macroeconomic policies led by governments, or as a sole byproduct of entrepreneurial dynamics on the micro level. The idea we are defending here...