Local Institutions, Productivity, Sustainability and Inclusivity Trade-offs (LIPSIT)

地方机构、生产力、可持续性和包容性权衡 (LIPSIT)

• 批准号: ES/T002468/1
• 负责人: Nigel Gilbert
• 金额: $ 91.15万
• 依托单位: University of Surrey
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FT002468%2F1
• 关键词: Local; Institutions; Productivity; Sustainability; Inclusivity

The aim of the project is to identify institutional and organisational arrangements at the regional level that tend to lead to the 'good' management of policy trade-offs associated with increasing productivity, and to make recommendations based on this. These trade-offs are between productivity growth, inclusivity and sustainability. They arise because authorities have limited resources and have to prioritise: policies to maximise productivity may not maximise inclusivity or sustainability, policies to maximise inclusivity may not maximise sustainability and so on. Trade-off management is 'good' when it reduces the need for compromise between the three objectives, or to the extent that compromise is necessary, when it helps regional policy makers achieve their priorities.Recommendations will cover:1. Changes to the way national and regional policy makers operate within the current system of institutions and organisations2. Modest changes to that system that policy makers responsible for the design of the system are likely to accept, and3. More radical changes to that system that could be adopted in the future. If policy makers act on these recommendations this will lead to strengthened institutions and thus to improved regional and local productivities. Ultimately this should lead to an improvement in the UK's productivity record.To achieve this the project will answer the following research questions: 1. What kinds of relevant institutional and organisational arrangements exist across the UK regions? How do the regional economies compare? 2. What kinds of trade-offs do these organisations consider important and how do they manage them?3. What trade-offs between productivity growth, inclusivity and sustainability are actually achieved?4. Which regional institutional and organisational arrangements, now or in the past, have tended to produce 'good' management of these trade-offs? Are there better practices in mainland Europe? To answer these involves a five stage process:Stage 1 (scoping): we will capture the state of the art on what explains differentials in productivity, interview and hold two workshops for key stakeholders to refine the research agenda, engage with a wider stakeholder group, and develop a typology of UK regions based on their economies, their institutional and organisational arrangements, and the outcomes over time. We will use this to identify eight regions for in depth comparison.Stage 2 (secondary data analysis): we will profile all UK regions using measures of productivity, jobs and other economic, social, and environmental targets and examine influences on productivity growth. We will also analyse local industrial and economic strategies, including performance targets.Stages 3 and 4 involve the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative analysis - of all UK regions - will focus on the impact of governance structures, mechanisms and practices on variables associated with the three outcomes, using approaches that allow for so called "treatment" effects, and to distinguish correlation from causation. The qualitative analysis - of the 8 regions - will include formal analysis of strategic statements, networks, and the functions carried out within these networks, as well as interviews. We will identify what trade-offs are actually achieved and use formal analysis to tease out how institutional arrangements have affected these and the strategic choices - and what might make a difference in the future. We will supplement this with insights from an analysis of overseas regions and historical cases. Stage 5 involves drawing together the findings of the previous stages, discussing this with key stakeholders, developing a set of recommendations with them, and communicating with a wider stakeholder group.

该项目的目的是确定区域一级的体制和组织安排，这些安排往往导致对与提高生产力有关的政策权衡进行“良好”管理，并在此基础上提出建议。这些权衡是在生产力增长、包容性和可持续性之间。它们的出现是因为当局资源有限，必须优先考虑：最大化生产力的政策可能不会最大化包容性或可持续性，最大化包容性的政策可能不会最大化可持续性，等等。当权衡管理减少了三个目标之间的妥协需要时，或者在妥协是必要的程度上，当它帮助区域政策制定者实现其优先事项时。建议将包括：1.改变国家和区域决策者在现有机构和组织系统内运作的方式2。负责设计该制度的政策制定者可能接受的对该制度的适度改变;未来可能会对该系统进行更彻底的改革。如果决策者对这些建议采取行动，这将导致加强机构，从而提高区域和地方的生产力。最终，这将导致英国生产率记录的改善。为了实现这一目标，该项目将回答以下研究问题：1。联合王国各地区有哪些相关的体制和组织安排？区域经济如何比较？2.这些组织认为什么样的权衡是重要的，他们如何管理它们？3.在生产力增长、包容性和可持续性之间实际实现了哪些权衡？4.现在或过去，哪些区域性的制度和组织安排倾向于产生对这些权衡的“良好”管理？欧洲大陆有更好的做法吗？要回答这些问题涉及五个阶段的过程：第一阶段（范围）：我们将捕捉最先进的解释生产力差异的方法，采访并为主要利益相关者举办两个研讨会，以完善研究议程，与更广泛的利益相关者群体接触，并根据其经济，机构和组织安排以及随着时间的推移的结果，开发英国地区的类型学。第二阶段（二次数据分析）：我们将使用生产率、就业和其他经济、社会和环境目标的指标来分析英国所有地区，并研究对生产率增长的影响。我们还将分析当地的工业和经济战略，包括绩效目标。第三和第四阶段涉及收集和分析定量和定性数据。对联合王国所有地区的定量分析将侧重于治理结构、机制和做法对与这三个结果有关的变量的影响，采用允许所谓的“治疗”效应的方法，并区分相关性和因果关系。对8个区域的定性分析将包括对战略声明、网络和在这些网络内执行的职能的正式分析，以及访谈。我们将确定实际上实现了哪些权衡，并使用正式分析来梳理制度安排如何影响这些和战略选择-以及未来可能产生影响的因素。我们将通过对海外地区和历史案例的分析来补充这一点。第五阶段包括汇总前几个阶段的调查结果，与主要利益相关者讨论这一问题，与他们一起制定一套建议，并与更广泛的利益相关者群体进行沟通。

项目成果

LIPSIT Levelling Up report Appendix 2: Supplementary Findings

LIPSIT 升级报告附录 2：补充调查结果

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Charlotte Hoole

Combining Growth and Levelling Up in UK Regions: How Universities and the Social Sciences Can Help

将英国地区的增长与升级相结合：大学和社会科学如何提供帮助

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: Academy of Social Sciences
• 作者: Collinson S

Levelling up: the quarrel over who gets funding is a sideshow to much bigger obstacles

升级：关于谁获得资金的争论只是更大障碍的副戏

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: The Conversation
• 作者: Gilbert Nigel

Environmental Sustainability and Regional Governance in the Humber, West Midlands and Cardiff Capital Region

亨伯、西米德兰兹和卡迪夫首府地区的环境可持续性和区域治理

• 发表时间: 2021
• 作者: Hoole C.

Prosperity, Inclusivity and Sustainability across UK Regions

英国各地区的繁荣、包容性和可持续性

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: Hoole C