Good Local Economics

Putting the local into LEPs

Karen Leach reveals what proposals from local enterprise partnerships in the west midlands tell us about their priorities

Community-scale economic power, local production and resource management are central concepts in sustainable development. Ignoring these leaves the country lacking in economic diversity, locally impoverished, unimaginative and vulnerable to global economic change.

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Halfway to the holy grail?

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Voodoo economic development

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Renewed purpose

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The Living Streets Community Game

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How does society benefit from a university education?

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Designs on growth

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The Rough Guide to neighbourhood planning

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Place does matter

The links between poverty and place are revealed in a three-year study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. JRF programme manager Alison Jarvis explains its importance

I live three miles from my birthplace, round the corner from my sister, a short car ride from my mum and within walking distance (in nice weather!) of my childhood address. I moved – briefly – for higher education, but I came home; I can totally relate to attachment to place.