Canada-Latin America Municipal Exchange as a Strategy for Regional Development: Some Observations on the Cost-Benefit Balance Sheet

• Published in: The Journal of developing areas Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 447 - 462
• Main Author: Hewitt, W E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Macomb Western Illinois University 01-07-1996; Journal of Developing Areas
• Subjects: Area planning & development; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Cities; CITIES, TOWNS, VILLAGES; City planning; City politics; Collaboration; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; Cost benefit analysis; Costs; Developing areas; Development; Development Programs; Economic development; Economic strategies; Ecuador; El Salvador; Exchange; FOREIGN AID; Funding; Initiatives; International development; International relations; Latin America; LDCs; Linkage; Mexico; Municipal government; Municipal governments; Municipalities; Peru; Politicians; Program Evaluation; Project evaluation; Regional Development; Regionalism; Strategy; Studies; Towns; Urban development; Canada; Latin America
• ISSN: 0022-037X; 1548-2278

A portrait is offered of the structure and the range of outcomes associated with international municipal exchange (IME) as it has been pursued in the countries of the Americas. The study focuses on one particular program sponsored by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, considered to be a world leader in the field of IME. Within this program, an examination is conducted of the rather diverse set of linkages now existing between Canadian municipalities and their partners located in 6 Latin American countries - Mexico, El Salvador, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, and Brazil.