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Local Economic Development: A Primer Developing and Implementing Local Economic Development Strategies and Action Plans A Knowledge Product Of Gwen Swinburn, Soraya Goga, Fergus Murphy october 2004 Acknowledgements This LED Primer was written by the Local Economic Development team based in the Urban Development Unit of the World Bank. The team was led by Gwen Swinburn, Senior Urban Specialist and included Soraya Goga, Young Professional, and Fergus Murphy, Consultant. Contributions were gratefully received from Kate Kuper, Senior Urban Specialist, and André Herzog, Consultant. Information used in this guide was obtained, with permission, from ‘Local Economic Development: Good Practice from the European Union and Beyond’ (2000), an unpublished paper prepared by Gwen Swinburn for the Urban Development Unit of the World Bank. Reading this Primer Where text appears in the margin of a page, this is meant to highlight a specific issue that is of particular relevance to LED strategic planning. For the sake of consistency, this LED Primer will refer to municipal government and municipality as the institutional level of local government with responsibility for LED strategic planning. This Primer is suitable however for a wide range of organizations seeking to develop a capacity for, and understanding of, local economic development strategic planning, including national, regional and city governments, local authorities, town councils, city hall, local government departments and public-private partnerships. This list is not exhaustive. Disclaimer The findings, interpretations and conclusions expressed in this document are entirely those of the authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank or its affiliated organizations, members of its Board of Executive Directors, the governments they represent, or the Bertelsmann Foundation. The World Bank and the Bertelsmann Foundation do not guarantee the accurac