Essential Economic Development

A Foundation Course for Local and Regional Economic Development

17 lessons, 2.5 hours. Learn the fundamentals of local and regional economic development for free.

Access the course via our community learning site. Or subscribe via email to get a daily lesson emailed directly to you.

Access via our community learning site:

Access the course via our community learning site here. The 17 lessons are structured as follows:

1. Rationale for Local and Regional Economic Development
2. Overview of themes and functions
3. Understanding economics and economic trends
4. Megatrends
5. Theory of Economic Development
6. Policy
7. Strategy
8. Intelligence & insight
9. Industrial development & clusters
10. Enterprise & entrepreneurship
11. Inward investment / FDI
12. Labour markets
13. Education & skills
14. Economic Participation, Employability and Unemployment
15. Poverty & inequality
16. Place & infrastructure
17. Low carbon, climate change & sustainability

Register here to get free access to the Foundation course’s 17 lessons

 

Email course: Register below for your 17-Daily lessons by email

Download the Course Prospectus

No Results Found

The page you requested could not be found. Try refining your search, or use the navigation above to locate the post.

𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨

𝘽𝙚𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙙𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙚𝙨

Jul 31, 2025 |

While the social justice argument for tackling poverty is undeniable, there are equally powerful economic justifications for why it must be a central pillar of local and regional development strategies. Here's why addressing poverty is smart economics: 𝟭. **𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿...

Ready to Elevate Your Economic Development Game?

Ready to Elevate Your Economic Development Game?

Jul 30, 2025 |

𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝘿𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧'𝙨 𝙀𝙭𝙚𝙘𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙩 👇 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: Stop wasting time on vague priorities. The Toolkit provides a proven methodology to transform fuzzy ideas into crystal-clear, measurable, and impactful...