Transcript Return to classical prescriptions: UK Regional Policy from
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Lecture 8a: Return to classical prescriptions: UK regional policy from 1979
Aims & Outcomes Aims
Examine the how policy changed after 1979 Review the reasons why policies changed and their rationale Examine how effective the “new” policies were.
Outcomes
Have working knowledge of the types of policy that were used Be able to explain the rationale for different policies Be conversant with analysis of outcomes
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Introduction
1979 a “watershed” - Policy moved from being “top down” (Subsidy, direction & control) to become more “bottom up” (targeted, tied to outputs, competition) Scale shrank but new types “emerging” (Urban and Local, Enterprise zones and Freeports)
Reasons for change
Ideological
The balance of power needed to change
Economic
Slow national growth, Greater exposure to “free” trade, Lack of competitiveness, Impact of the EU
Government thinking
The “interests” of companies, deadweight and displacement, indigenous potential, policy.
Consequences
Abolition of IDCs, move out of automatic assistance, reduction in coverage, decline in budget (resources), targeted assistance (urban), aim for “self-sustaining” growth.
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Inward investment
Not an overt policy aim
Less regulation and an end to punitive taxation levels Access to the European Union market
Competing hypotheses
Dependency
- unequal trading, short-term relationships, little day-to-day control, low-tech & low-skill, external strategic control
Developmental
- collaboration technology and trust, long-term partnership, “embedded”, developmental and skilled, autonomy
Outcomes
Co-ordination through UK Trade and Investment See http://www.ukinvest.gov.uk/UKTI-publications/4030715/en-GB.pdf
Last year of full figures (2007) accounted for around $1,300billion; more than any other country excluding the US. Nearly 30% of total US investment in Europe. And 20% of all foreign investment. UK is also the second largest overseas investor .
people work for Japanese companies and 450 international companies have their European HQ’s in the UK.
Nearly 93,000
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Indigenous growth
Arguments for
Large number of “new” jobs, diversified & flexible industrial base, competition, innovation, improved IR.
Arguments against
Short life-span, marginal jobs, high stress poor working conditions.
Recession push factors
Threat of redundancy, pay-offs, reduced barriers to entry, outsourcing, the sale of of non-core activity
.
Dilemmas
Who to help Turnovers, Trundlers or Flyers Which sectors Manufacturing or services Where to help nodes or uniform
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New Technology
Why so important to regional development?
Positive effect on profitability Transformation of internal competencies
Fundamental shifts in product market
Demand
- Rising incomes, fragmented patterns of consumption demand, design and quality increasingly important
Supply
Flexible production, technological “push”, short-run production batches
R&D
Applied research
private sector,
Basic
universities & government Concentrated in small number of “key” industries Clusters for
professional
&
lifestyle
reasons, external information vital Bulk in SE but there are exceptions
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New Technology (Cont.)
Different patterns of diffusion
Process rapid, wish to see the “new” technology spread Product - slow, wish to diffuse the product not the technology
Case for technology based regional policy
Key element in growth process, clean, dynamic, high-quality, high wage
Spreading the benefits from new technology
Technology transfer agencies, investment grants, research parks, venture capital initiatives, improved infrastructure
Who/what to target?
Starters, at growth thresholds, older firms, inward investors, defence spinouts, links between HE and private sector.
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Urban policy
Rationale
Economic support is as important as social support for run-down communities
Main themes
Co-ordination - integrate public & private investment avoid duplication Enterprise investment “crowded out”, deregulated zones Development “independent UDCs, employed the concept of “leverage”, successor English Partnerships Severely criticised in retrospective evaluations
Evolution
Single Regeneration Budget Programme - public private partnership , local government co ordination, inputs “in kind”, dependant on development to lever in Public and EU funding
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Community Economic Development (1990 onwards)
Reasons for emergence
Increased numbers socially excluded individuals (measurable) Interest in theories of
Social Capital
Differences from other local and regional development
Truly “bottom up” approach - participation, long-term, explicit social, political & environmental objectives, co-ordination, area based.
Instruments
Traditional but applied differently -
subsidy
(credit unions and co operatives),
advisory & managed
(capacity, development through trading organisations for “locals”) New -
LETS
(local barter system), micro credit schemes, social risk capital,
Intermediate LM
halfway-house to employment, deliver product or service, time limited, risky
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Impact of inward investment
UK became a more attractive investment proposition post 1979 1998/99 UK FDI £
38.6bn
, 50% from US ($279bn since 1979); 23% of all FDI in Europe, 40% of Japanese and US investment (France 15%); second largest recipient after US (China 3rd); Split of FDI 30% new investment, 40% expansions, 30% acquisitions.
Armstrong & Taylor
60% of manufacturing FDI to 1990 in 4 regions (Scot, West Mid, Wales, North West); since 1991 pattern continued. But centre/periphery split in manufacturing (67% in periphery) and non manufacturing (64% in core). Japanese investors favour Wales and North. Nature of investment changing.
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Impact of inward investment (Cont.) Studies
Taylor (1991) factors affecting Japanese FDI Stone & Peck (1996) Foreign owned manufacturing sector Munday
et al
(1995) Japanese owned plants in Wales Brand,
et al
(2000) FDI in Wales, Scotland and W Midlands smaller output multipliers, productivity, jobs multiplier & RVA higher Hubert & Pain (2000) FDI & technical progress - significant element, positive externalities within and between industries.
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Indigenous potential & SMEs
Regional assistance more effective in assisting small firms than larger ones (Taylor and Wren)
Small firms 99.2% of firms; 44.7% of employment; 38% of turnover Lower proportion in UK than many competitors and UK regional performance differs; Southern rural good; Industrial heartlands poor for SMEs By late 90s change underway; strong growth in London and Merseyside; evidence that survival rates in periphery improving
Study be Keeble
- little regional difference in profitability; SE more export orientated; peripheral more R&D; all subject to competition. Is north “hostile” environment for SMEs? Self-employment (
Robson
)
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Technology & R&D
Manufacturing Sectors
Pharmaceuticals, Office machinery & computers, Aerospace, Instruments, Electronics, Telecoms.
Location
South East; growing stake for East, SW & Wales; cluster round London Link between Technology & R&D
Data
Most R&D in the UK is placed by;
private enterprise (50%), Overseas firms and governments (15%), Research councils & HE (16%) Government (16%).
It is carried out in;
business enterprises (64%) higher education (20%).
Focus of R&D has been switching between sectors.
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Technology & R&D (Cont.)
National picture
Almost 140,000 people worked in R&D in 1997; Fall of almost 30% since 1981; Losses in administrative and technical; Number of scientist and engineers has increased by 10%.
Regional picture
South East accounts for almost 24% of all R&D Business funded R&D East and South East (48%), Government funded South East and South West (47%) Academic funded in London, the South East and Scotland (52%)
Concentration
Private R&D is dominated by HQ plant of large firms; Top 15 1985 50% of R&D jobs; 57% of private R&D; 79% of Gov. R&D 1997 62% of R&D jobs; 60% of private R&D; 54% of Gov. R&D
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Technology & R&D (Cont.)
Technology transfer & Science parks
Technology transfer between pure and applied R&D companies/organisations and new technology-based firms (NTBFs) is often through Science Parks See Henneberry an early article (1992) more up-to-date figures from the UK science park associations suggests an estimated annual turnover from science parks £5.5 bn; total of 1.88 million sq m floorspace; employs 73,000 in 3,300 companies; there are 8 further science parks under development and 71 currently in operation. NTBFs - Faster employment and sales turnover growth; greater local multiplier effects; tendency to sub-contact out work locally; minimal displacement effects; more likely to export; may be some deadweight
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Urban policy
Three areas Enterprise zones, UDC; SRB Enterprise zones (study by PA Cambridge consultants)
Study of 22 of the 25 enterprise zones.
The key findings
:
5,000
companies on the 22 Zones by 1990 employing nearly
126,000
people; about
58,000
(46%) of jobs were additional; additional jobs highest manufacturing lowest for retailing and distribution; Cost per job year £
1,700
; private sector investment was indirect; total public sector cost of the 22 Zones between
£798-£968
million; rates relief 46%, enhanced capital allowances 45 %, infrastructure 9%. Outputs developed; £2 billion of private capital; public to private leverage ratio of about
6,700 1:2.3
acres of land, removal of dereliction;
82% 6,000,000
m 2 of floorspace, 80% of land ;Environmental improvement in the Zones through the of the firms said their current employment levels would remain
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Urban policy (Cont.)
Urban Development Corporations London Docklands Development Corporation (Oc & Tiesdell)
Findings -
Single objective wealth creation; community benefits “trickle down”; “pump priming” & asset disposal; Combined development to change image & boost land prices; aided by a buoyant property market and proximity to the City of London’s financial district.
Outcomes
- Mixed development went to build for sale; only 8,000 by 1987, 36% were “new”; jobs mainly service orientated; provision of training severely criticised; initial transport planning for the area was inadequate particularly the provision of public transport.
Cardiff Bay
(Rowley) - Poor training provision; lack of effective employment; lack of equity in housing provision; UDCs potential “to work” benefit the local economy; need to have more of a community focus.
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Urban policy (Cont.)
Review of performance & good practice (Roger Tym & partners)
Characteristics large-scale vacancy and dereliction, degraded environment, inadequate infrastructure, low resident populations, all close to areas suffering severe economic and social disadvantage.
Output 143,937 jobs, 326 km of road, 2,389 hectares of land reclaimed, 5,029,000 m 2 of new commercial floorspace, investment £6.87 billion private & £1.99 billion public. Hostility diminished over time, policy shifted towards holistic regeneration and multi-agency partnership. Need to kick-start investment and economic activity in areas suffering severe physical degradation Site assembly and reclamation by the public sector are crucial Closer integration to ensure the benefits of investment-based regeneration are channelled to deprived local communities.
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Urban policy (Cont.)
SRB Challenge Fund
Brought together funding of 20 previous programmes spend £1.4bn pa.
Organised through Government regional offices, funding allocated via competitive bidding
Study by Dept of land Economy University of Cambridge
Based on data from 555 successful bids across rounds 1, to 3 of the Challenge Fund, analysed at the Local Authority District level. Key findings - Positive relationship between degree of deprivation and expenditure, vast majority of deprived areas have received funding; the 20 most deprived LA Districts in England received almost one-third (30%) of total SRB CF; only 19% went to 267 non-deprived areas some of these Districts contained smaller pockets of deprivation or had newly emerging needs. For rounded discussion of programme see Oatley N, (1998)
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Conclusion
1979 watershed from “top down” blanket intervention, to “bottom up” targeted assistance Mixture of political & economic reasons - most importantly competition. Goodbye to controls, deadweight, displacement & branch plants.
Welcome to innovation, entrepreneurs, de-regulation, value for money & technology Inward investment poses a crucial dilemma - indigenous growth the touchstone - new technology the crucial challenge - the emergence of an integrated approach to urban and local problems Community development the new challenge
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Conclusion (Cont.)
Although not an explicit part of regional policy, inward investment has had a profound impact on the regions, manufacturing concentrated in the periphery, increasingly embedded, high tech & high value.
SME growth significant after the 70s, but tends to favour southern regions, some evidence that entrepreneurship is spreading, growth in self-employment also important Spreading technology and R&D to the regions, currently highly concentrated in the South and large firms, need to spread out via, technology transfer (pure to applied) and new technology based firms, some evidence of success.
Urban policy, massive expansion, more focus on property development with less emphasis on permanent jobs and training; needs to become more holistic and focused on host communities.
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