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Building Bridges with Papaya Local Empowerment through Economic Development Sri Lanka is home to a myriad of people who suffered from displacement during the years of violent conflict. Disempowered and far from home, these people were often reduced to passive recipients of aid. Now, these displaced communities are being re-empowered and are finding their place in the emerging post-conflict national economy, through a farming cooperative that helps small producers of papaya access the competitive open market.
2014 Number of comments: 0

Gender Equality and Economic Growth: Is there a Win-Win? To what extent does gender equality contribute to economic growth? And to what extent does the reverse relationship hold true? There are a growing number of studies exploring these relationships, generally using cross-country regression analysis. They are characterised by varying degrees of methodological rigour to take account of the problems associated with econometric analysis at this highly aggregated level, including the problems of reverse causality. Bearing these problems in mind, a review of this literature suggests that the relationship between gender equality and economic growth is an asymmetrical one. The evidence that gender equality, particularly in education and employment, contributes to economic growth is far more consistent and robust than the relationship that economic growth contributes to gender equality in terms of health, wellbeing and rights. From a growth perspective, therefore, the promotion of certain dimensions of gender equality may appear to offer a win-win solution but from a gender equity perspective, there is no guarantee that growth on its own will address critical dimensions of gender equality. Either growth strategies would need to be reformulated to be more inclusive in their impacts or redistributive measures would need to be put in place to ensure that men and women benefit more equally from growth.
Feb 2013 Number of comments: 0

Integrating Women in Local Development in Morocco Launched in 2007, SBA's Solidarity Fund has been created to contribute to poverty reduction in countries of the Middle-East and North Africa (MENA) region. Thanks to a targeted aid (financial, organisational and administrative), the objective is that beneficiaries develop an autonomous economic activity and become eventually able to improve their living conditions. Number of comments: 0

Développement de la chaîne de valeur pour le travail décent Un guide pour les initiatives du secteur privé, les gouvernements, et les organisations de développement Un guide abordant le développement de la chaîne de valeur dans une perspective de développement du marché avec une concentration unique sur la façon de parvenir au travail décent, élaboré entre 2007 et 2009
2011 Number of comments: 0

Rural-Related Tools to stimulate employment and decent work in rural areas Descriptive leaflets on over 50 ready-to-use tools to stimulate employment and decent work in rural areas, including enterprise and employment support, international labour standards, social protection, social dialogue, and cross-cutting themes, such as youth and gender.
2011 Number of comments: 0

Policy Briefs on Rural Development Action-oriented, synthetic leaflets providing guidance to practitioners on how to make select sectors, technical areas and population groups engines of rural growth, job creation, poverty alleviation, crisis resilience and equitable development.
2011 Number of comments: 0

Checklist for gender mainstreaming in governance programmes Understanding gender issues in governance requires examining the participation and decision-making of women and men in different institutions. Addressing gender gaps in governance entails the adoption of reforms to engender different governing institutions at the various levels to ensure development effectiveness and results.
2009 Number of comments: 0

New Opportunities for African Women leaflet New Opportunities for African Women leaflet from the African Development Bank Number of comments: 0

African Women in Business Leaflet of the African Women in Business programme Number of comments: 0

Mainstreaming Gender in Local Economic Development Strategies: A Guide This guide is designed to assist LED practitioners – staff from international organizations, international development agencies and local authorities– in identifying and addressing the sometimes different needs and priorities of women and men, facilitating their full participation at every stage of the LED process, and contributing to gender equality objectives and outcomes. Using this guide will enable practitioners to: understand why gender equality should be pursued at the local level; be aware of the barriers to women’s participation that may be encountered; and identify and implement strategies for addressing gender concerns throughout the LED process. Since gender mainstreaming should be context-specific, the recommendations made must be considered as indicative guidelines rather than recipes for action. Under each section, reference is made to tools, further readings and checklists that can be used in project design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation.
May 2010 Number of comments: 3

Report on LED Nepal Knowledge Sharing Workshop - April 2010
April 2010 Number of comments: 0

RadioDEL: Equidad de género en el Desarrollo Económico Local Programa de audio (podcast) sobre aspectos económicos de la equidad de género.
18.10.09 Number of comments: 0

ILO Local Development for Decent Work This Local Development and Decent Work (LDDW) Resource Kit was conceived and developed in the framework of the Philippine National Action Plan for Decent Work (2002-2005) that was adopted by the Philippine Government, employers’ organizations and trade unions in 2001.The LDDW Resource Kit is a collection of easy-to-use tools, designed to help development planners and practitioners make better choices, integrating decent work issues into local planning and implementation frameworks. It deals with a wide range of topics concerning local economic growth, job creation and job preservation, improvement of the quality of jobs, making local development benefit the poor, ensuring equal opportunities for all, protection of rights, and promotion of voice, representation and social dialogue in local governance.
2006 Number of comments: 0

Sub-Regional Conference on Local Economic Development Sharing knowledge and the way forward Number of comments: 0

LED ToolBox A box full of relevant tools for every step of the LED process! The updated version of the LED Toolbox is published! Number of comments: 0

Sub-Regional Conference on Local Economic Development South and South-East Asia Sub-Regional Conference on Local Economic Development in South and South-East Asia 16-17 June 2009 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Organisers: ILO Enter-Growth and ILO ITC in collaboration with Gtz , USAid, Asia Foundation and the Ministry of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion. This conference invites LED practitioners in the region to not only share experiences but to identify the key challenges for LED in the region as well as discuss lessons learnt in different locations. Practical examples of LED approaches and results, such as public-private dialogue, employment creation and decent work, more competitive business and financial services, and how to create a vibrant business environment, will be presented and discussed. The programme also includes discussions on how LED can be an effective response to the economic crisis. The conference will have a forward looking approach, encouraging the participants to identify actions to bring LED up a level in the region. Projects/organisations with LED approach in the region are invited to participate in the conference and present their LED experiences. The conference will provide an excellent opportunity to meet with other LED projects in the region, get new insights in and increased knowledge of LED. See www.ledconference.lk for more information and registration form. Number of comments: 0

Local Economic Development in Sri Lanka The Forum Theatre experience This is an LED story of a Forum Theatre experience by Enter-Growth project of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
march 2007 Number of comments: 0

Social Marketing Campaign in Sri Lanka Case Study of the Palama Forum Theatre Project for Enterprise Culture This is a case study of a social marketing campaign conducted by Enter-Growth project of the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
October 2008 Number of comments: 0

Delnet - Curso a distancia de Desarrollo Local con perspectiva de Género Aprender a diseñar políticas y estrategias de inclusión y promoción de la perspectiva de género a nivel local es necesario para aumentar el protagonismo de las mujeres en la vida política, social y económica de sus territorios. Number of comments: 0

Inter Agency Conference on Local Economic Development The Inter-Agency Conference on Local Economic Development (LED) took place from 22 to 24 October 2008 at the ILO’s International Training Centre (ITC) in Turin, Italy. The conference was attended by some 130 participants from 50 countries and among these representatives from different United Nations agencies, bilateral development agencies, local governments, non-governmental organisations and indigenous peoples organisations Number of comments: 1

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