The Korea Local Administration Review

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors influencing successfulindustry and local development using local resources and to find effectiveparameters wh ich are t he HW’s and the SW’s support projects. To achieve thispurpose, this study reviews the existing literatures about the peculiarity of localindustry and the confirmatory factor analysis, and verifies the difference ofperception using a high-order factor model within SEM.Completed questionnaires were obtained from 233 residents and participatoryagents in Icheon city for rural development. The main results of this study areas follows. The recognition of the SW’s support projects affected successfullocal industry. However, the HW’s support projects are not meaningfulsignificantly. The policy implications of theses finding is as follow. In order tomake successfully the local industry and local development, the governmentshould make the criteria for selection with considerable region given condition.In other words, the central government should estimate flexibly local resourcesproposals.
□ Keywords: local resources, local industry, local development, residents,participatory agents, SEM