TY - BOOK AU - Giguère,Sylvain ED - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ED - Local Economic and Employment Development (Program) TI - Baltic partnerships: intergeration, growth and local governance in the Baltic sea region T2 - Local economic and employment development SN - 9789264029286 PY - 2007/// CY - Paris PB - OECD KW - Local government KW - Baltic States KW - Economic integration KW - Politics and government N1 - Executive summary -- Ch. 1. Integration, growth and governance in the Baltic Sea Region / Sylvain Giguère -- Ch. 2. The governance of employment and economic development in the Baltic States / Alf Vanags -- Ch. 3. Enhancing the development process in Lithuania: toward truly participative governance / Micheál Ơ Cinnéide -- Ch. 4. Reforming both local government and local governance: the challenge to Latvia / Mike Geddes -- Ch. 5. Consolidated local governments in partnerships: a key to promoting economic development in Estonia / Jussi S. Jauhiainen -- Ch. 6. The governance of economic and employment development in North West Russia / Irina Denisova and Marcus Svedberg -- Ch. 7. Area-based partnerships as forms of collaborative governance in Germany / Holger Kuhle -- Ch. 8. Cross-border co-operation and local governance : the case of Kaliningrad / Alexey Ignatiev -- Ch. 9. The possibility of creating regional governments in the Baltic States: the case of Latvia / Ligita Začesta and Maris Pūk̦is -- Ch. 10. Regional co-operation on innovation and cluster development / Emily Wise Hansson ER -