1 / 34

Regional Responses to Recession: the West Midlands Taskforce Regional Studies Association International Conference May 2

Outline. The nature of recession and its regional impactRole of government in responding to recessionThe West Midlands Regional Task ForceEvaluating the impact of the Task ForceAnalysis of responses to recession in other regionsEconomic impact of Task Force interventionsAnalysis of speci

orea
Télécharger la présentation

Regional Responses to Recession: the West Midlands Taskforce Regional Studies Association International Conference May 2

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

    1. Regional Responses to Recession: the West Midlands Taskforce Regional Studies Association International Conference May 2010 David Bailey, Nigel Berkeley and David Jarvis Coventry University

    2. Outline The nature of recession and its regional impact Role of government in responding to recession The West Midlands Regional Task Force Evaluating the impact of the Task Force Analysis of responses to recession in other regions Economic impact of Task Force interventions Analysis of specific interventions Impact and legacy of the Task Force

    3. The Nature of the Recession Recent economic crisis very different in character and scale to previous recessions (OECD, 2009) Downturn accelerated key processes of structural change Uncertainty over impact of recession creates unique challenges for policy makers Downturn marked by greater fall in GDP, but less pronounced unemployment increase than in previous recessions....

    4. Recent UK recessions: Impact on GDP

More Related