Practices and representations in terms of sustainable local development: lessons learned from the port of Lomé

Pratiques et représentations en matière de développement local soutenable: enseignements tirés du cas du port de Lomé

Marine Bastiège () and Amandine Laré ()
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Marine Bastiège: CEREGE [Poitiers, La Rochelle] - Centre de recherche en gestion - UP - Université de Poitiers = University of Poitiers - ULR - La Rochelle Université - Excelia Group | La Rochelle Business School
Amandine Laré: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: The United Nations recommends implementing three types of practices in order to achieve sustainable local development. These are (a) local content measures (provision of infrastructure for local populations, measures in favor of employment and training, creation of links with local business circles, etc.), (b) practices for evaluating the impacts of the projects carried out and (c) complaint mechanisms allowing local populations to enforce the commitments made by companies and public authorities. We interviewed the actors of the Autonomous Port of Lomé, to define to what extent these practices recommended by the UN in terms of sustainable local development are known by these actors in the field. Our study shows that the first two types of measures are well identified and spontaneously mentioned and detailed, in particular by management. On the other hand, the complaint mechanisms to ensure the effective implementation of these measures are still largely ignored.

Keywords: Sustainable local development; Case Study; Port of Lomé; Togo; Développement local soutenable; Étude de cas; Port de Lomé (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-06-30
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Published in Politiques et Management public, 2021, Coopérations et innovations en développement local : un renouvellement des référentiels et des pratiques, 38 (1-2), pp.137-155. ⟨10.3166/pmp.38.2021.0005⟩

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DOI: 10.3166/pmp.38.2021.0005

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