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Shawn Cunningham and Mesopartner

In the LEDCast Podcast series practical information on local economic development in developing and transformation countries are discussed.

Episodes

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The Political Economy at district level in Indonesia

In this LEDCast episode Christian Schoen of mesopartner and Dr. Christian von Luebke of Stanford University discuss the political economy at...

41:23Jun 21, 2010

Experiences in Cluster Development - interview with Lindqvist

In this episode, Frank Wältring of mesopartner interviews Dr. Göran Lindqvist on the learning experiences in cluster development since 2003....

00Feb 12, 2010

LEDCast: Cluster facilitation

In this LEDCast episode, Frank Waeltring interviews Ifor Ffowcs-Williams on the role of a "cluster facilitator". The difference between clus...

24:09Jan 18, 2010

LED in post recovery disaster areas

In this episode, Dr. Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke of mesopartner interviews professionals of the international NGO World Vision: Elvire Douglas, Hu...

12:49Aug 30, 2009

Natasha Walker on facilitation - part 2 of 2

This is the 2nd part of the interview between Shawn Cunningham and Natasha Walker on facilitation.

25:24Jul 10, 2009

Natasha Walker on facilitation - part 1 of 2

Shawn Cunningham interviews Natasha Walker on the essence of facilitation. During the conversation they share some practical tips and also a...

25:27Jul 8, 2009

Announcement of the death of Jorg Meyer-Stamer

As many listeners are aware, Dr. Jorg Meyer-Stamer passed away on the 1st of May, 2009. In this short announcement Shawn Cunningham commit o...

01:08Jul 8, 2009

Case #16: The Provincial Competitiveness Index in Vietnam

Edmund Malesky explains the conceptual foundation and the impact of the PCI, an exercise that has been running in Vietnam for some years, un...

35:49Mar 12, 2009

Innovation #3: Analysing an innovation system in South Africa

John Lawson, Geoff Ritson and Jorg Meyer-Stamer discuss the outcomes of a RALIS exercise, i.e. a quick diagnosis of the innovation system ar...

27:47Feb 8, 2009

Case #15: Cluster promotion in Western Cape province, South Africa

Nigel Gwynne-Evans of the Department of Economic Development in the Western Cape, South Africa, shares his experience with ten years of clus...

34:23Jan 25, 2009

Value Chains #7: Lessons learnt in value chain promotion

Jorg Meyer-Stamer has a conversation with Jim Tomecko (GTZ, Thailand) on some of the main lessons learnt in value chain development initiati...

28:37Jan 9, 2009

A conversation with Jorg Meyer-Stamer, part 2

Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke and Frank Waeltring interview Jorg Meyer-Stamer on the second part of his career, working as an advisor and trainer an...

21:01Dec 29, 2008

A conversation with Jorg Meyer-Stamer, part 1

Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke and Frank Waeltring interview Jorg Meyer-Stamer on the first part of his career, when he was working in academia and p...

24:35Dec 21, 2008

Innovation #2: Innovation Systems

Shawn and Jorg explore the relevance of national, regional and sectoral innovation systems and discuss practical ways of changing the way in...

23:23Dec 12, 2008

Innovation #1: Introduction

Kicking off a new series, Shawn and Jorg have a conversation on some basic concepts and issues around innovation.

19:57Nov 29, 2008

Cases #14: The evolution of carnival in Trinidad

Clive Pegus tells Ulrich Harmes-Liedtke how the carnival in Trinidad is an important factor in the local economy, not only due to its growth...

22:44Nov 14, 2008

Tools #11: The Boston Matrix

In another presentation from mesopartner's Africa Academy on LED, Colin Mitchell presents a variation of the Boston Matrix, a simple tool to...

17:20Nov 3, 2008

Tools #10: The Leaking Bucket

In a presentation from mesopartner's Africa Academy on LED, Afia Darkwa-Amanor presents the Leaking Bucket, a tool that allows to leverage m...

10:51Oct 25, 2008

Tools #9: Polarity management

In a presentation from mesopartner's Africa Academy on LED, Shawn Cunningham presents the concept of polarity management, i.e. an approach t...

18:04Oct 10, 2008

Tools #8: The Vegetable Garden: A practical way to explain the "enabling environment"

In a recording from mesopartner's first Africa Academy on LED, Sonja Ende uses the metaphor of a vegetable garden to explain the principles...

12:54Oct 3, 2008