Making truly competitive cities - on the appropriate role for local government

Alan Collins

doi:10.1111/j.1468-0270.2007.00759.x

Making truly competitive cities - on the appropriate role for local government

Alan Collins

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Much economic and urban research lends increasing support to the view that local government authorities could actually improve their ‘competitiveness’ by not being required to engage in the ‘business’ of local economic development and rather by concentrating on their ‘core’ activities such as maintaining sound, basic infrastructure within their jurisdiction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-80
Number of pages	6
Journal	Economic Affairs
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0270.2007.00759.x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2007

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

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Making truly competitive cities - on the appropriate role for local government

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