IJED Articles 
Introduction
LAURA A. REESE and DAVID FASENFEST
IJED, Vol. 2 No. 3,
(2000)
Even in the absence of formal plans or political union, governance strategies that extend beyond individual communities and, in some cases, across borders are emerging in North America. Recognizing the significance of these multi-level governance strategies will be the cornerstone to understanding local economic development issues in the next decade (Clarke, this volume).



