There has been an age old assertion that once public policies are formulated, the policies will automatically be implemented to achieve their stated objectives. To unravel this, the article through comparative empirical analysis discussed the dynamics that influenced local economic development implementation in Ghana. It emerged that four key dynamics: politics, leadership commitment and will, land tenure system and administrative, institutional and procedural mechanisms differently shaped local economic development implementation in the three local government units. Whereas these factors promoted local economic development implementation in some of the assemblies, it hindered its successful implementation in others. The findings of this article are of significance to local economic development and local governance practitioners and politicians as they strife to implement local economic development policies.

有一个古老的主张，即一旦制定了公共政策，这些政策将自动实施以实现其既定目标。为了阐明这一点，本文通过比较实证分析讨论了影响加纳当地经济发展实施的动力。结果表明，四个主要动力：政治，领导承诺和意志，土地使用权制度以及行政，体制和程序机制，对三个地方政府部门实施地方经济发展的方式产生了不同的影响。这些因素促进了某些议会中地方经济发展的实施，但阻碍了其在其他议会中的成功实施。