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Community Economic Development: Building for Social Change

Author: 
Eric Shragge and Michael Toye (eds.)

Having made major gains in practice and having built local capacities through innovation, Community Economic Development practice now stands at a crossroads. In Building for Social Change, Eric Shragge, Michael Toye and colleagues from across the country offer a timely critical examination of CED practices and debates.

Year: 
2006
Format: 
Book
Categories: 
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Introduction to CED
Research & Development
Stories and Experiences
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Buy
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Community Economic Development in Atlantic Canada: False Hope or Panacea?

Organization: 
The Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development
Author: 
Donald J. Savoie

The monograph explores some of the factors that have made CED successful in some parts of the region and how government was able to contribute to that success.

Year: 
2000
Format: 
Document
Categories: 
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Government
Stories and Experiences
Source: 
Weblink
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Voluntary Participation in Community Economic Development in Canada: An Empirical Analysis

Organization: 
Thompson Rivers University
Author: 
Laura Lamb

This article is an empirical analysis of an individual’s decision to participate in community economic development (CED) initiatives in Canada.

Year: 
2011
Format: 
Research report
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Research & Development
Source: 
Weblink
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Accelerating Impact: Achievements, Challenges and What's Next in Building the Impact Investing Industry

Organization: 
Rockefeller Foundation and E.T. Jackson and Associates
Author: 
Ted Jackson and Karim Harji

Accelerating Impact, a report prepared by E.T. Jackson and Associates and commissioned by The Rockefeller Foundation as part of a third-party evaluation of our Impact Investing initiative, provides one of the most recent and comprehensive scans of the global impact investing industry to date.

Year: 
2012
Format: 
Research report
Categories: 
Finance
Source: 
Weblink
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Understanding the Social Economy: A Canadian Perspective

Author: 
Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook and Ann Armstrong

Description

In Understanding the Social Economy, Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook, and Ann Armstrong integrate a wide array of organizations founded upon a social mission - social enterprises, nonprofits, co-operatives, credit unions, and community development associations - under the rubric of the 'social economy.'
Year: 
2009
Format: 
Book
Categories: 
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Introduction to CED
Research & Development
Social Economy & Social Enterprise
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