The contribution of local economic development in the recovering from the effects of COVID-19 pandemic : the case of Canada, China, Sweden, and Malaysia

Abstract EN

The objective of this research is to determine the contribution's extent of local development to the structural economic response in a time of crises.

in order to achieve this goal, we set out from the process of presenting some theoretical concepts, and some experiences of countries that have adopted the concept of local development which are : Canada, China, Sweden and Malaysia.

after a reading to the economic content of the corona pandemic, and limiting some of its effects to the growth rate of the gross domestic product, unemployment and the inflation rate.

we will analyze the local development in the economies of the previous countries, which has gained them the ability to structurally recover from the impact of the crisis, during the period 2019-2022.