We monitor the state of the West Midlands and support partners in meeting their data and evidence needs. This includes coordinating the evidence base to support the Regional Skills Partnership's work.
Recent and ongoing research includes:
Measuring the scale of the challenge
Updated 6th July 2010
There's a significant gap between performance of the West Midlands economy and that of the UK as a whole. But how big is that gap? And what are the main things influencing the gap?
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Analysis of sub-regional dynamics in the West Midlands
Published 23rd March 2010
We carried our a study into the evidence about relationships between places within the West Midlands. The aim was to help us understand sub-regional geographies within the West Midlands, based on functional relationships.
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State of the Region Report 2009
Published 20th October 2009
Our report brings together some of the key evidence from the State of the Region dialogues with other information about the major issues facing the West Midlands. We link the themes to wider developments influencing policy and strategy.
Excel datasets of indicators and interactive maps are available.
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State of the region dialogues
Ongoing 2009-2010
We aim to make the evidence we produce even more relevant to policy makers' needs. By coordinating 'thematic dialogues' between decision makers and researchers, we also aim to strengthen the way in which evidence is used to inform policy.
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Integrated policy model
We developed an economic model for partners to improve the quality of policy analysis. The model can support planning and policy evaluation, impact analysis, and help you investigate potential changes in the future economic structure of the West Midlands.
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