Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic. Development Policies on Local Economic Outcomes

This paper argues that more rigorous evaluations of local economic development policies are feasible. Programs that aid selected small firms can be rigorously evaluated using an experimental approach, without excluding firms from assistance, by randomly assigning some firms to receive more intense marketing efforts by the program. Programs that aid distressed local...

Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development: How to Assess What Works among Programmes and Policies

Evaluating the Impacts of Local Economic. Development Policies on Local Economic Outcomes

What has been done and what is doable?