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Briefing Paper No. 13/2003 by John Wilinson
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- Regional development has had a fluctuating policy profile,
often depending upon the priorities of the political party in power
(pp.1-4,6-13)
- Variations in economic activity have also had an influence on
the prominence of the policy (pp.5-6,8-10,11-12)
- Regions experience significantly differing rates of employment
(pp.13-14)
- Regional development has undergone significant changes in
emphasis under different Governments, based largely on experiences with the
policy (pp.14-22)
- Role of government remains important, essentially in a strategy
of pursuing regional development on a case-by-case basis (pp.22-23)
