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Unpacking local economic development: a case study from Nekemte Town and its hinterlands, Oromia, Ethiopia

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posted on 2023-05-18, 21:20 authored by Walo, MT
Most agree that local economic development (LED) is a “bottom-up” development approach seeking to unleash the development potential of a locality. Nonetheless, focusing closely on the dynamics of specific localities, this can be criticized for being too local and overlooking extra-local links. This article explores the drivers of LED from the local economic actors’ perspectives in Nekemte town and its hinterlands, Oromia region, Ethiopia. The results clarify that LED is not only just “local”, but also an approach that links urban and rural areas, and thus, understanding rural–urban linkages is a prerequisite for a better understanding of the local economic development.

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Publication title

International Journal of Public Administration

Volume

40

Issue

12

Pagination

1000-1012

ISSN

0190-0692

Publisher

Taylor & Francis Inc.

Place of publication

United States

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Copyright 2016 Taylor & Francis

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Economic growth

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