Links

Business Environment Working Group Inter-agency database of the Donor Committee's Business Environment Working Group.
CEFE International CEFE is a comprehensive set of training instruments using an action-oriented approach and experiential learning methods to develop and enhance the business management and personal competencies of a wide range of target groups, mostly in the context of income and employment generation and economic development.
Developing Service Markets and Value Chains Inter-agency website for the exchange of information on value chains, linkages and service markets.
FinMark Trust - Making Financial Markets Work for the Poor FinMark Trust aims to promote and support policy and institutional development towards the objective of increasing access to financial services by the un- and under-banked in Africa.
Global Value Chains Initiative The Global Value Chains Initiative supported by IDS seeks to consolidate and leverage the vast store of expertise that exists in the academic, policymaking and activist communities. The site provides publications, tools and events on the value chains topic.
ILO International Training Center: The Synergy Project The synergies project site provides a platform on current applied research and practical implementation of linking financial services to business services that contribute to pro poor enterprise development, income and job creation.
South African Local Economic Development Network South African Local Economic Development (LED) Network to promote good practice and dialogue in LED & to connect and network practitioners.
Local Economic Development Network of Africa This network gives access to peer checked, free, local economic development knowledge and practitioners in Africa and globally.
Public Private Dialogue Platform This website gives information on how governments, businesses and donors can use public private dialogue (PPD) to promote private sector development and poverty reduction.
Reference Guide for LRED GTZ's Reference Guide for Local/Regional Economic Development (LRED).
UNESCO / UNEVOC - TVETipedia TVETipedia is an internet portal where users can exchange information and share knowledge on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) issues.
World Bank: Local Economic Development (LED) The World Bankís LED website providing a collection of information, data and resources on Local Economic Development.