Gashi, DrilonWatkins, Joanna2016-01-052016-01-052015-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/23572This paper is framed as a User’s Guide to help city officials and city competitiveness practitioners in implementing interventions. This guide aims to support cities in identifying collaborative configurations of actors from the public and private sector along with the management approaches that can help leadership implement interventions to support the city economy.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPOLICY GOALSCITY OFFICIALSAUTOMOBILEGOVERNORRED TAPECITIES ALLIANCEENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTURBANIZATIONCITYEMPLOYMENT GENERATIONBUSINESS COMMUNITYINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYMATERIALSCAPABILITYMEDIUM ENTERPRISESLOCAL GOVERNMENTSCITY MANAGERINFORMATIONCITY MANAGERSMONITORINGMENUMAYORSPRIVATE SECTOR FIRMSINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINTERNAL CAPABILITIESPROVINCESTECHNICAL SKILLSINDUSTRIAL ZONESTAXCITIESBUSINESS ASSESSMENTCITY GOVERNMENTSBUSINESS PROCESSSUBNATIONALECONOMIC ACTIVITYLEGAL FRAMEWORKSINSTITUTIONSMINISTRYVOCATIONAL SCHOOLSTECHNICAL ASSISTANCEGLOBAL ECONOMYDIASPORA NETWORKSCOMMERCEECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVESONE-STOP SHOPMETROPOLITAN AREASMETROPOLITAN CITIESURBAN MANAGEMENTTARGETSPRODUCTIVITYCITY DEVELOPMENTMUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTSGLOBALIZATIONMINISTRIESBARRIERS TO ENTRYINDUSTRIAL PARKMAYORCONSULTANTCONNECTIVITYPUBLIC FINANCESERVICE PROVISIONTECHNOLOGY SUPPORTPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENTPOLICY IMPLEMENTATIONINNOVATION PROGRAMSERVICE DELIVERYCAPABILITIESTAX POLICIESINFRASTRUCTURETAXESACCESS TO INFORMATIONCITY POPULATIONMANUFACTURINGUSERSTECHNOLOGYVOCATIONAL TRAININGCITY LEADERSSOFTWARESTATE GOVERNMENTTECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTRESULTSKNOWLEDGE BASEBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTCOMPETITIVENESSSTAKEHOLDERSSTAKEHOLDER GROUPSFOREIGN INVESTMENTNETWORKSCENTRAL GOVERNMENTECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTPOLICY OUTCOMESPOLITICAL CAPITALBEST PRACTICETOURISMEXPORT PROMOTIONPOLICY FRAMEWORKSPRIVATE SECTORCITY MANAGEMENTCITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS GROWTHURBAN DEVELOPMENTCITY OPERATIONSTOWNQUALITY OF LIFETAX REVENUECITY COMPETITIVENESSADMINISTRATIONGOVERNANCEINDUSTRIAL PARKSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSLUMSPUBLIC AGENCIESCITY FINANCETAX CREDITSMUNICIPALITYNETWORKBUSINESS CLIMATEBUSINESSBUSINESS SECTORBUSINESSESNATURAL RESOURCEPUBLIC ENTITIESHUMAN RESOURCESMETROPOLITAN ECONOMYRESIDENTIAL PROPERTYPOLICY INTERVENTIONSFEDERAL FUNDINGPOVERTYPERFORMANCEINDUSTRIAL OUTPUTBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTMETROPOLITAN AREADECENTRALIZATIONIMPLEMENTATION PROCESSINNOVATIONREVENUEPOLICY OBJECTIVESPROFITADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSCOMMUNICATIONCHAMBER OF COMMERCENEW TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITYEND USERSELECTRONIC PLATFORMDATABASEEASE OF DOING BUSINESSOUTSOURCINGGROWTH POTENTIALPRIVATE SECTORSTARGETINNOVATIONSCONSTRUCTION PERMITSWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/23572