Measuring the local economic impact of National Health Service procurement in the UK: an evaluation of the Cornwall Food Programme and LM3
Measuring the local economic impact of National Health Service procurement in the UK: an evaluation of the Cornwall Food Programme and LM3
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衡量英国国家卫生服务采购对当地经济的影响：康沃尔食品计划和 LM3 的评估
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2008
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L. Sharp
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J. Thatcher;L. Sharp
公共机构的地方采购是短食品供应链的一种形式，被认为有助于经济再生和地方可持续发展。在英国当前的政策环境下，量化实际的地方经济收益，可能会为支持NHS和其他公共机构在当地采购的论点增加急需的权重。为了帮助进行量化，本文举例说明并评估了一种名为LM3的“快速简单”工具的使用，该工具旨在衡量SFSCs等举措的当地经济效益。LM3是为康沃尔食品计划（CFP）计算的，这是一项本地化采购计划。研究结果证实，CFP对当地经济有相当大的影响。尽管得出了这一结论，但数据收集方面的困难，加上LM3过程固有的不准确性，使研究结果存在很大的误差幅度。此外，对CFP的定性评估增加了对CFP更广泛经济影响的宝贵理解。建议在未来的研究中使用更简单和更可靠的“LM2”乘数工具，同时进行一些定性评价，以更全面地了解当地的经济影响。
Abstract Local procurement by public bodies is one type of short food supply chain (SFSC), which have been argued to contribute to economic regeneration and local sustainable development. In the current UK policy environment, quantifying actual local economic gains could add much-needed weight to arguments in favour of local procurement in the NHS and other public bodies. To aid such quantification, this paper exemplifies and evaluates the use of a “quick and simple” tool called LM3, designed to measure the local economic benefit of initiatives like SFSCs. LM3 is calculated for the Cornwall Food Programme (CFP), a localised procurement initiative. The findings confirm that the CFP has a considerable impact on the local economy. Notwithstanding this conclusion, difficulties in data collection combined with inaccuracies inherent to the LM3 process created a large margin of error in the findings. Moreover, a qualitative evaluation of the CFP added a valuable understanding of the wider economic impact of the CFP. The use of an even simpler and more reliable “LM2” multiplier tool is recommended for future studies, accompanied by some qualitative evaluation to create a fuller picture of local economic impacts.