From the concept of economic development to local economic development

Local economic development via urbanism lever: the case of Lebanon

The present paper analyses local economic development issues through the prism of urban governance theories and models. From theoretical corpora to empirical LED case studies, we emphasise, through the anarchy paradigm, the privatisation tendencies of urban planning and development projects in local territories. We have taken an interest in comparative analysis of principal concepts and ...

Concept of Economic Development and Its Measurement

During 1950 and 1960s many developing countries realized their economic growth targets but standard of living of the people did not change. In fact existence of mass poverty, illiteracy and ill health continued to plague the developing countries. This implied that there was something wrong with this definition of economic development. Most of the economists clamored for dethronement of GNP and ...

Economic Development From the Perspective of Evolutionary Economic Theory

Economic Development: An Individualistic Methodology

This paper establishes two theoretical frameworks in the study of economic development. These are constitutional analysis and interdisciplinary perspective. This study acknowledges that the economists are the ones to blame for lost of the underdevelopment in many parts of the world. These two theoretical frameworks are part of an individualistic methodology. The paper first, discusses individua...

Economic Barriers to Development

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