<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Angela James</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">HOW SHOULD LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE MANAGED AND DEVELOPED THROUGH UNIVERSITY BASED PROGRAMMES: AN EVALUATION MODEL PROPOSED</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quality Issues and Insights in the 21st Century</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">economic development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">multi-case study methodology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">municipal management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">South Africa</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">December/2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://journals.indexcopernicus.com/abstract.php?icid=1197483</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">4</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Continuous</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">South Africa, in the post 1994 era, has concentrated on building projects and training for the implementation of Local Economic Development (LED). The KwaZulu-Natal Government Department and a local university signed a Service-Level agreement wherein both parties are committed to the development and delivery of a systematic professional and institutionalized capacity building competency in LED, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The aim of this research was to evaluate the development and delivery of a systematic professional and institutionalized capacity building competency in LED. The research question that underpinned this research is: Has the LED Training and Capacity Development Plan/Programme enhanced the capacity, growth and delivery of LED in the province? A pragmatic, mixed methods, multi-case approach was used. Convenient, purposive sampling methods were employed to select participants for the evaluation research, the individuals involved in the six initiatives of the programme: project management staff, current and degreed/diplomate students (LED practitioners), the lecturers facilitating/coordinating the modules, the municipal management staff and members of NGOs, the community that the LED practitioners interacted with and the journal editor. A log frame matrix was developed to be used as an evaluation tool for evaluating the six programmes. The matrix development and structure is presented and discussed. </style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Original article</style></work-type><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20-27</style></section></record></records></xml>