Journal of Regional Science· 2012Q1
THE CASE FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERVENTION: PLACE‐BASED VERSUS PLACE‐NEUTRAL APPROACHES*
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Short summary
Place-based development interventions, which consider local economic, social, political, and institutional diversity, are increasingly effective for maximizing development potential compared to place-neutral approaches.
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Key points
- Globalization has challenged traditional place-neutral development policies.
- Place-based policies are emerging as a more effective response to development issues.
- Effective strategies must consider economic, social, political, and institutional diversity.
- Focus should shift towards efficiency and social inclusion over territorial convergence.
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Abstract
ABSTRACT The paper examines the debates regarding place‐neutral versus place‐based policies for economic development. The analysis is set in the context of how development policy thinking on the part of both scholars and international organizations has evolved over several decades. Many of the previously accepted arguments have been called into question by the impacts of globalization and a new response to these issues has emerged, a response both to these global changes and also to nonspatial development approaches. The debates are highlighted in the context of a series of major reports recently published on the topic. The cases of the developing world and the European Union are used as examples of how in this changing context development intervention should increasingly focus on efficiency and social inclusion at the expense of an emphasis on territorial convergence and how strategies should consider economic, social, political, and institutional diversity in order to maximize both the local and the aggregate potential for economic development.
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