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Peer reviewedLeeming, Karen – Community Development Journal, 2002
Comparison of community business development in two neighborhoods in Liverpool, England, resulted in the following implications for economic development strategy: (1) social entrepreneurs do not access the same infrastructure as business entrepreneurs; (2) community businesses differ from private enterprise; (3) displacement effects must be…
Descriptors: Community Action, Economic Development, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDhesi, Autar S. – Community Development Journal, 1996
In India development strategy is shifting toward recognition of the importance of initiative and the role of nongovernmental organizations. Revival of communitarianism (community volunteer action) is playing a major role in improvement of the rural environment. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Action, Decentralization, Economic Development, Foreign Countries
