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Local economic development, micro-enterprise, and crime reduction: lessons from Cali, Colombia
2019
Alison Brown, Lina Martinez, Peter Mackie
This Policy Brief argues that successful initiatives to tackle Cali’s exceptionally high homicide rates also have potential for local economic development, and suggests ways that the significant value-added by informal enterprises can be harnessed to achieve wider economic objectives. It examines innovations in supporting micro-enterprise and crime reduction in Cali and the lessons for local economic development (LED), local government policy and NGO agendas.
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