Regional and Local Development

International Conference on Federalism in Mexico: Local and Global Challenges

• Defining development

• Matching residential, business and political scope of responsibility and interest

• Communities—educators, health officials, business leaders, labor unions, domestic workers, politicians, bureaucrats,,,

• Results—revenues, profits, employment, open space, land use,,,

Boundaries

Authority

Location

• Most responsive to mixture of interest and demands

• Through collaboration, traverse political, community and economic boundaries

• Efficient users of fiscal, physical and human resources

• Intergovernmental Service and Tax Agreements

• Fiscal Incentive Packages

• Inter-institutional Collaboration

• Community Based Strategic Planning

• Participation of all interest groups

• Prioritize allocation of resources

• Standards by which to measure change and improvement

• Increased accountability and responsiveness