Tsfat as a UNESCO World Heritage Site will benefit from a large, all-inclusive economic boost, a more deeply integrated and resilient community, and town pride, respect, and international recognition. The town ‘s unique historic character and universal value can leverage a leapfrog, for itself and for the Galilee region.
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Leapfrogging Tsfat: Attaining World Heritage Site Status for the Town
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged Historical Preservation, israel, Kabbalah, Regional Development, Safed, T, Tzfat on May 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Misperception hinder investment in southern Israel
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged preiphery, Regional Leapfrogging, south israel on November 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
According to a study by Dr. Mosi Rosenboim, Dr. Tal Shavit and Dr. Miki Malul, misperception about the capabilities of different regions in Israel, leads investors to favor the central region over regions in the south.
Applying Nanotechnology to Regional Development
Posted in Regional Leapfrogging, tagged Bottom up processes, economic development, innovation, Regional Development, self-assembly on August 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week the team met with Dr. Miri Yemini, Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC) at the Shamoon College of Engineering, and lecturer at the Ben-Gurion University.
Will Negev Unemployment Really Increase Without the Ofer Brothers?
Posted in Regional Leapfrogging, tagged Regional Development, socio-economic leapfrogging, unique & global development policy on August 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A recent article in Haaretz reported that Israel Chemicals, an Israeli company based in the Negev, is seeking to protect the benefits it receives from state grants. While several government ministries have called to cancel these grants, Israel Chemicals argues that doing so would force it to dismiss a large part of its workforce in [...]
Subsidized Housing will not Improve Israel’s Impoverished Areas
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged periphery, regional leapfrog on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The government recently approved a new plan by the Ministry of Housing to subsidize the mortgages of young couples who wish to purchase property in Israel’s remote areas, often referred to as the periphery. The plan aims to attract young couples to these areas as a means of fueling economic growth.
Railways are not the Easy Answer for Israel’s Remote Communities
Posted in Regional Leapfrogging, tagged Quality of Life, Regional Development, socio-economic leapfrogging on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Government of Israel and others have repeated the same thesis for quite some time: that an advanced railway network linking the remote areas of Israel to its urban center will have two positive effects. One, it will narrow the present socio-economic divide between remote and urban communities; and two, as this divide narrows and [...]
How to encourage cooperation between authorities and periphery?
Posted in Regional Leapfrogging, tagged Arab sector, municipal, preiphery, Regional Development, Sikkuy on February 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week, Reut’s regional development team met with the organization Sikkuy to learn more about the project of municipal cooperation between Jewish and Arab local authorities in Wadi Ara.
Regionalism (13): Trains Alone Will Not Solve the Periphery’s Problems
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged accessibility, ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Development, Regional Leapfrogging, transportation on January 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
While railways in Israel are perceived as a magic solution to the periphery’s development, a recent roundtable held at Hebrew University which dealt with transportation and economic development raised reservations as to its usefulness.
Capital Grants have failed to bring the periphery to the center
Posted in ISRAEL 15 Vision, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged capital grants, Capital Investment Encouragement Law, periphery, Regional Development on December 29, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Bank of Israel recently published research which examines the impact of capital grants and tax benefits resulting from the Capital Investment Encouragement Law on economic activity in the periphery.
A Study Visit to the Negev
Posted in Home Front, Methodology & Theory, Regional Leapfrogging, tagged community resilience, mitzna, partnership 2000, Regional Development, yerucham on December 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week the Reut Institute held a study visit in the south of Israel, which focused on David Ben Gurion’s vision of the Negev and the Bible.
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