Eris D. Schoburgh, University of the West Indies, JamaicaJohn Martin, La Trobe University, AustraliaSonia Gatchair, University of the West Indies, JamaicaBhaskar Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, IndiaPaul Hildreth, Visiting Policy Fellow, University of Salford, UKP. S. Reddy, University Of Kwazulu-Natal, South AfricaMuhammad Kabir ISA, Ahmadu Bello University, NigeriaAkeeta Ali, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoRebecca Gookool, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoRoger Hosein, The University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and TobagoZenaida Moya, IMC Integral Management Consultancy, Belize

• Introduction; Eris Schoburgh; John Martin; Sonia Gatchair 1. Post-development Theory and the Local Developmental State; Eris Schoburgh 2. Developmental Local Government: From Concept to Praxis; Eris Schoburgh; Bhaskar Chakrabarti 3. The Evolving Roles and Relationships of Government in Local Economic and Sustainable Development: the case of the UK (and particularly England); Paul Hildreth 4. Local Government and Economic Development in the Australian Federation: Dispersed Efforts in a Complex Geography; John Martin 5. From National to Local Economic Development (LED): The South African Case; P S Reddy 6. Nigerian Local Government System and Governance: Lessons, Prospects and challenges for Post 2015 Development Goals; Muhammad Kabir ISA 7. Managing Development in Local Government: Frameworks and Strategies in Jamaica; Eris Schoburgh; Sonia Gatchair 8. The Imperative of a Local Economic Development Approach in the Context of the Dutch Disease; Roger Hosein; Rebecca Gookool; Akeeta Ali 9. The Making of Developmental Local Government in Belize; Zenaida Moya 10. Informality and Developmental Local Government: What is at stake?; Eris Schoburgh 11. From Developmental Local Government to Developmental Local Governance; Eris Schoburgh and John Martin 12. Conclusion: Towards a Model of Developmental Local Governance; Eris Schoburgh; John Martin; Sonia Gatchair

"The central argument of this book is that local government and politics matter if sustainable development is going to take place. The cases and analysis support that argument. It makes an important contribution that should be widely read." - Gerry Stoker, University of Canberra, Australia, and University of Southampton, UK "This publication on developmental local governance comes at a critical time when the international community, including the Caribbean, is about to adopt the post-2015 development agenda for 2015-30. There is a strong realisation that this new agenda has to be driven from the bottom-up, with a focus on localising the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs). Developmental local governance, and within this local government, will have a key role in helping to set, implement and monitor development goals and targets, as was highlighted at recent high level meetings of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum. This book therefore makes a key contribution to the ongoing policy debate and will be extremely valuable to everyone, especially senior policy makers and academics, concerned with issues of global development and governance." - Carl Wright, Commonwealth Local Government Forum, UK