This section sets out the key areas where we want to deepen our understanding to drive the levelling up agenda, and to unleash opportunity, prosperity and pride in place across the UK. In addition, we want to understand in more granular detail which interventions best drive local growth (local growth is an area of joint responsibility between BEIS and DLUHC).
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in 2013. The overall aim of What Works Growth is to increase the cost-effectiveness of policies for local economic growth by improving the use of evidence and ev...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
The project is relevant as it discusses the impact of funding on the effectiveness of policies for local economic growth, but it does not provide direct evidence on whether longer term funding packages result in better outcomes.
Award holders will in close collaboration with research organisations and local stakeholders e.g., public sector, public policy organisations, businesses, local innovators and the third sector: a) Identify / diagnose l...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Newcastle University
The project partially answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.
The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth was set up in October 2013 as part of the What Works network to analyse which policies are most effective in supporting and increasing local economic growth. The overall a...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Economics and Political Science
The project fully answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.