Views on the impact of the economic and financial crisis at the local level During the Local Economic Development Strategies course taught in May 2009 at the International Training Center of the ILO in Turin, a panel of experts gathered to discuss about the implications of the global economic and financial crisis in localities and regions across the world. The following notes present a summary of the main points of discussion. Number of comments: 1

LED and the Global Financial Crisis Global financial crisis, its impacts and possible policy responses at a local level: brainstorming! Number of comments: 0

ICT4LED A blog to share concerns, challenges, opinions and experiences on the use of the ICT for LED processes
The initiative for this blog was born out of a comment in a resource entry of the platform. We are living in the era of the Knowledge Economy, Information and Communication Technologies, ICTs for Development, User-Created Content, and infinite other codes that describe the phenomenon. But who benefits, and how? How can ICTs help institutions, students or entreprenueurs of young SMEs in remote places, what simpler techonologies can we turn into tools for success, what role for local governments in confronting the digital divide, etc? Number of comments: 2

Your experience at the LED Conference Number of comments: 0