@techreport{f57a7b485bea4bcb9e12a4929cd4789e,
title = "The Information Requirements for an Effective Regional Policy: a Critique of the Allsopp Report",
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{\textquoteright}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{\textquoteright}s deliberations.",
keywords = "regional policy, allsopp committee, new localism",
author = "Eric McVittie and Swales, {J Kim}",
note = "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.",
year = "2004",
month = dec,
day = "14",
language = "English",
series = "Strathclyde Discussion Papers in Economics",
publisher = "University of Strathclyde",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "University of Strathclyde",
}