PEOPLE AND PLACES - An Overview of Urban Renewal
This Cities Alliance overview aims at promoting an understanding of and debate around urban regeneration in South Africa. The paper can provide inspiration for performance indicators on regeneration.
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Measuring Sustainable Urban Regeneration Performance – case studies
Sites upgrading and local regeneration can be used as part of a strategy to improve attractiveness for both businesses and labor. This paper uses case studies from three European cities to assess the sustainability of current urban regeneration practice. The case studies can provide examples of performance indicators on regeneration.
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Measuring Sustainable Urban Regeneration Performance
Sites upgrading and local regeneration can be used as part of a strategy to improve attractiveness for both businesses and labor.This paper evaluates the use of indicators as a means of measuring the performance of regeneration against sustainability criteria.
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Energy Sector Assistance Program, Nepal
The Danish supported assistance to Nepal’s energy sector has emphasis on decentralized power supply and management with a number of inspirational indicators on how local governments can have a role in promoting access to affordable, reliable power for businesses.
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Simplification of Business Regulations at Sub-National Level
The IFC has developed a toolkit for project teams working with simplification of business regulation at a sub-national level. The toolkit provides guidance on design, implementation and evaluation of such interventions.
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Durban Investment Promotion Agency
The Durban Investment Promotion Agency (South Africa) is a concrete example of an attempt to establish incentives for inward investment. The DIPA offers free services to potential and existing businesses through a combination of research, investor advisory services and facilitation.
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Putting Together the Site Selection Data Standards
This resource summarises data standards for business location services. Developed by a task force for American and Canadian communities, the data needs can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of localities in Africa and elsewhere.
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Formal Business Retention and Attraction Survey
Understanding specific needs of businesses can often be problematic for community leaders. A survey can thus help business and local officials understand each other. This working relationship and dialogue is often imperative to the success of the local economy. A step-by-step approach to conducting a business retention and attraction survey is provided here.
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Business Retention and Expansion Podcast
This downloadable audio programme on LEDcast explains the main features of the Business Retention and Expansion approach to LED. It is particularly useful for those facilitating workshops on the topic.
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Aftercare: A Core Function in Investment Promotion
Although written for Investment Promotion Agencies at the national level, this resource defines aftercare as a core function in investment promotion. It sets out guidelines for setting up, operating, monitoring and evaluating an aftercare unit.
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