The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth provides evidence on #WhatWorks to drive local economic growth.
Partners: @cep-lse.bsky.social, @centreforcities.bsky.social
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Where do skilled workers come from, how are these sources changing and what can policy do if it wants more of a particular kind of worker?
@aadyabahl.bsky.social explores the findings of @cep-lse.bsky.social's recent report 'Hive of talent: what would it take to raise'👇
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Skills matter for productivity, yet the data landscape can feel overwhelming.
Our latest blog explains a simple framework to make sense of local skills demand and supply.
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📈Skills are an important driver of local productivity and output.
Our new briefing has been written to help local policymakers understand how to think about the skills performance of their local area and develop appropriate policies.
Read more 🔎👇
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In September the government published the last of eight sector plans in the industrial strategy, covering defence.
Our new blog gives suggestions for how places can think through support to local businesses in responding to these plans👇
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Evidence is a public good. Once generated, everyone can benefit.
This blog from @ioramashvili.bsky.social looks at why evaluation of local growth policy is underprovided, and how devolution could change that 👇
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What effect did Taylor Swift's concerts really have on local economies? 🎤
This blog looks at new ONS analysis of consumer spending around major concerts and sporting events👇
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Competition is an important driver of productivity as it can push businesses to become more efficient, innovative and productive.
But local government should think carefully about how to intervene.
Check out the latest blog👇
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We've run training to introduce logic models to over 500 people from across local, central, and devolved governments 💬
These are our three key lessons👇
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What happens when policy, research and evaluation experts work with local policymakers on economic inactivity?
A new What Works Growth, UPEN, ONS Local and @employmentstudies.bsky.social pilot brought together 14 of 16 MCAs and CCAs to explore that question👇
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Public transport schemes- do they affect the (hyper) local economy? My colleague Gonzalo Nunez-Chaim at @whatworksgrowth.bsky.social on the evaluation of small public transport schemes he's running w/ @yadigomezh.bsky.social & @henryoverman.bsky.social whatworksgrowth.org/insights/wha...
