Import substitution presents many economic development opportunities that can help regions achieve greater economic sustainability and self-reliance. Yet import substitution is largely neglected in economic development theory, practice and literature. There are few methods and resources...

Regionalism is being explored by a wide variety of community players who include representatives from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors (Dodge 1996, 1). Intermunicipal agreements, county service expansion, new region-wide special purpose governments, and multi-sector coalitions of...

China is moving towards a market economy. The greater use of market forces has made China richer, accelerated modernisation and increased productive efficiency but has created new problems, including, in the health sector, problems of inequity and allocative inefficiency. From 1997, the Chinese...

38 pp. Bookmarks modified by UO. 1995-2015 Plan adopted February 7, 1996. Draft for 2000-2020 Plan Captured December 1, 2005.

87 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Tables, appendices. Published July 15, 1998. Captured January 13, 2008.

23 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Maps, chart, illus. Published December, 2006. Captured January 14, 2009.

79 pp. Bookmarks supplied by UO. Includes figures. Published April, 2008. Captured July 14, 2008.

Regional innovation has been incorporated into planning debates broadening the view of the crucial role that networks play in regional development as vehicles of knowledge and innovation. Research in this area has focused on the effects of the 'innovative milieu' (Maillat 1991; Kogut et al. 1993;...