EIRP Proceedings (May 2012)
Sustainable Local Development and Building Partnerships
Abstract
Interest for sustainable development is manifested more strongly in terms emphasis and deepeningpressure from the gap between growing needs of a growing population amid increasingly scarce resourcesand difficult to access, if global development policies and liberalization of markets and prices. Enterprisesattach importance increasingly higher their social accountability. Their expectations in terms of local publicservices and hence increase the need for local development efforts, among them a starring role policiesadopted by local authorities.