The Information Requirements for an Effective Regional Policy : a Critique of the Allsopp Report

McVittie, Eric and Swales, J Kim (2004) The Information Requirements for an Effective Regional Policy : a Critique of the Allsopp Report. Discussion paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Abstract

This paper considers the recommendations of the report of the Allsopp Committee on the adequacy of UK statistics. We raise concerns over the philosophy underpinning the review but, more specifically, we question whether the Committee’s recommendations are sufficient to operate effectively the present regional policy regime. In particular, the institutional arrangements that make up the “new localism” in regional policy have informational needs that are more extensive than simply monitoring performance on hitting targets. Many of these were simply not considered or given an inappropriately low weight in the Committee’s deliberations.

  • Item type:Monograph(Discussion paper)
    ID code:67706
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    14 December 2004
    Published
    Notes:Discussion paper. The authors would like to thank Grant Allan, Alex Christie, Janine Graham, Peter McGregor and participants at the Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, Perth, 2004, for comments on earlier versions of this paper. Kim Swales also acknowledges financial support from the ESRC (grant L219252102) under the Devolution and Constitutional Change Research Programme.
    Subjects:Social Sciences > Communities. Classes. Races > Regional planning
    Department:Strathclyde Business School > Economics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:07 May 2019 12:42
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 16:04
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/67706
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