Economic Development Policies. An Evaluative Study of the Newcastle Metropolitan Region

Fred Robinson, Colin Wren, and John Goddard

ISBN 10: 0198232713 / ISBN 13: 9780198232711

Published by Clarendon Press, Great Britain, 1987

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Trade Paperback. Previous owners name label to inside cover. Ink mark to next page. The metropolitan region of Newcaslte upon Tyne is in the throes of long-term exonomic decline. This book charts this decline and looks at public policies intended to promote the economic regeneration of the area. The study focuses on the financieal aid given to local industries by central and local government. it examines, in detail, the pattern of this assistance and evaluates its impact on the operation of businesses and the level of their employment. The effectiveness of assistance measures, which involve substantail expenditure, is assessed and ways of improving policy are considered. The study breaks new groun in the comparative evaluation of economic development policy, and provides valuable insights into the operation of both regional and urban policy measures. 146 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Economic Development Policies. An Evaluative Study of the Newcastle Metropolitan Region
• Publisher: Clarendon Press, Great Britain
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198232713
• ISBN 13: 9780198232711
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
• Condition: Good
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Focusing on the metropolitan region of Newcastle upon Tyne, this study examines the financial aid given to local industries by central and local government and details the policies intended to promote economic regeneration.