Cities, Jobs, and Local Economic Development: A Guidance Note for Task Teams

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Cities, Jobs, and Local Economic Development: A Guidance Note for Task Teams

dc.contributor.author	Baker, Judy
dc.contributor.author	Choi, Narae
dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez-Schuler, Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Sivaev, Dmitry
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-07T19:15:09Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-07T19:15:09Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-07
dc.description.abstract	Cities offer enormous opportunities for economic growth and job creation. When local businesses succeed, they create demand for workers, inputs, materials, and additional services, increase productivity, and ultimately contribute to increased incomes and improved living conditions for citizens over time. Local economic development (LED) policies are at the heart of making local economies robust and resilient, and if well designed and implemented, can build future opportunities for growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. Investing in LED includes a range of priorities that enable markets to work and create more demand for labor. The aim of this note is to help mainstream the LED and jobs agenda in the World Bank’s urban portfolio by providing teams with a framework, tools, and good practice examples for designing urban projects with an LED and jobs focus, and a set of narratives for the project interventions as they relate to the Jobs and Economic Transformation (JET) agenda. The note is divided in following sections intended to be used as a toolkit. Section 1 provides context on how urbanization links to LED and job creation. Section 2 summarizes the findings of a recent portfolio review of GPURL projects carried out through the lens of jobs and LED perspectives. Section 3 provides guidance as well as practical tools to teams particularly on framing interventions and project design for impact, outlining specific narratives for urban projects and jobs, and measuring job creation in the projects. Section 4 presents conclusions and future directions.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099050124115510113/P17499110dc93c05e1a12c18622fa73b0a9
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41519
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41519
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	URBANIZATION
dc.subject	JOB CREATION
dc.subject	LED INTERVENTIONS
dc.subject	LOCAL
dc.subject	SDG 8
dc.title	Cities, Jobs, and Local Economic Development	en
dc.title.subtitle	A Guidance Note for Task Teams	en
dc.type	Working Paper
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okr.crossref.title	Cities, Jobs, and Local Economic Development: A Guidance Note for Task Teams
okr.date.disclosure	2024-05-07
okr.date.lastmodified	2024-05-02T00:00:00Z	en
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okr.region.geographical	World
okr.sector	Sub-National Government
okr.theme	Inclusive Growth,Disaster Preparedness,Human Development and Gender,Economic Policy,Rural Development,Economic Growth and Planning,Disease Control,Pandemic Response,Urban Planning,Urban and Rural Development,Geospatial Services,Spatial Growth,Disaster Risk Management,Urban Development,Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.topic	Urban Development::Urban Economics
okr.unit	Urban GP (SURGP)