Local Economic Development Forum

"Prospects and Constraints for LED"

2012 will mark the fifth annual Local Economic Development forum organised by the students of the LSE LED MSc programme. The objective of the forum is to discuss contemporary issues relating to the economic development of regions.

This years event will focus on the prospects for the economic development of regions in light of the constraints facing practitioners and consultants in the field.

Previous speakers include representatives of the national governments of the UK and Mexico and influential speakers on behalf of GIZ (formerly GTZ), United Nations Capital Development Fund, The Work Foundation, Rio Tinto, the ILO, IMPower, Ernst and Young and the Local Economic Development Network of Africa (LEDNA).

In recent years rapid technological and informational changes, industrial restructuring and integration have been radically realigning production structures and fostering an unprecedented drive toward the globalisation of the world economy. World trade has expanded at twice the rate of output and national governments have slowly but decidedly given up their protectionist policies to engage in the new global markets. In this context, local and regional economies increasingly need new responses and demand specialist skills to exploit the opportunities these changes offer.

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LED FORUM 2012 EVENT BOOKLET