Private Finance and Economic Development
City and Regional Investment
City and regional governments as well as development agencies will learn from this report how to develop their own toolbox of instruments and structures for leveraging private finance. What role can private financing play in local economic development? To address this issue, this study draws on practical examples from North America and Europe to show how municipal and regional authorities can capitalise on private financing for economic development purposes. The book is for policy researchers, entrepreneurs, academia and government circles.
Community Development
This chapter addresses the specific issue of leveraging private financing for community development, primarily in economically disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods that are not generally thriving through the normal working of private market activity...