ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the relationship between regional development and trans-national learning. Transnational learning is seen as a resource for regional development, and this chapter examines how it can boost regional development, and under what preconditions. It deals with local communities and sub-national units, the main emphasis being on the latter. The concepts of region, regional and local development, regional development network and transnational learning network, path dependency, absorptive and development capacities of regional actors, and development policies are explored.
