Reflexive Local and Regional Economic Development and International Policy Transfer |
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Authors: | Graham Haughton Rachel Naylor |
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a Department of Geography, University of Hull, UK
b School of Sociology and Applied Social Studies, University of Ulster, UK |
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Abstract: | This article looks at the international dimension of local and regional economic development policy. We illustrate our argument about the difficulties of comparing the relative effectiveness of policy using the experience of a comparative study of local and regional economic development in Australia, the US, England and Northern Ireland. The empirical work suggests that the preferred tools of local economic development and their locally perceived effectiveness vary but that careful interpretation is necessary to understand why this is the case. Given that international policy exchange is neither inherently bad nor good, but that it is inevitable, we argue for further exploration of the process of cross-national policy transfer to ensure we are learning appropriate lessons. |
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