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This document presents a “how to” approach to evaluating place-based initiatives. It discusses ten questions that an evaluation of place-based initiatives needs to address, although they could also be useful…
The federal government’s knowledge role within place‐based approaches has been identified by federal civil servants as an opportunity to improve the co‐ordination of federal departments and the compatibility of inter‐jurisdictional…
As a community, Prince George is different than Brampton, which is different than St. John’s. Place-based approaches are bottom-up interventions that acknowledge the impact local realities can have on program…
Collaborative place-based approaches (PBAs) have emerged as a means of addressing “wickedly” complex issues: those that have many interacting causes and are seen to require multiple actors to develop a…
What do the Homelessness Partnerships Strategy, the Forest Communities Program and the Aboriginal Leadership Strategy have in common? They are all federal initiatives that address stubbornly persistent issues by engaging…
Recently there has been growing awareness of the importance of cities, large and small, as strategic spaces in the age of globalization. They are the places where today’s major public…
The Pan-Canadian Community Development Learning Network was a two and a half year project of the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) that promoted learning about and examined how integrated,…
John Loxley has worked in community economic development as a practitioner, advisor, teacher and scholar for over 30 years. The wealth of that experience is reflected in this book, which…
In 2010, Inspiring Communities penned “What we are learning about community-‐led development in Aotearoa, New Zealand.” As a lead in to the next edition (due for release early in 2013)…
Growing worldwide interest in community economic development has led to a blossoming of “how to” manuals,as well as analyses of co-operatives, development corporations, gender, financing, etc. Yet in all this…
For a detailed list of return on investment (ROI), social return on investment (SROI), cost-benefit calculations and evaluation resources for CED efforts, social enterprises and related initiatives, see the SROI…
This guide builds on the concepts outlined in A Developmental Evaluation Primer by articulating some of the key practices associated with this work. These practices were identified and developed through…
