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Tag Archives: Regional GDP
Size matters: relative changes in regional economies
In the last post on this topic I examined some of the recent trends in regional GDP. In this post, that analysis is continued, with a focus on the changing share of national Gross Value Added (GVA)[i] coming from each … Continue reading
Posted in GDP, Uncategorized
Tagged Census, CSO data, Data, Regional GDP, Regional policy
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Recent Trends in Regional GDP
With the Irish economy again experiencing a period of significant expansion (it is estimated to have grown by 6.7% in 2018) it is important to consider how different Irish are regions doing in this time of growth. While this was … Continue reading
A Tale of Three Regions: GDP in the new NUTS2 Regions
Regional GDP for 2017 has recently been published by Eurostat for 281 NUTS2 regions in the EU28. This data shows how the different EU regions compare in terms of GDP and how they rank in relation to each other and … Continue reading
City Led Regional Development and Peripheral Regions- Conference Report
The Regional Studies Association Irish Branch Annual Conference was held in the Institute of Technology Sligo on Friday 7th September. Appropriate for the location, it had the theme “City Led Regional Development and Peripheral Regions”. The presentations are available here. … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Sectors, Economy, Employment, Infrastructure, Population, Regional Development, Regional Statistics, Rural Development, Uncategorized
Tagged Data, economic sectors, IDA, Infrastructure, jobs, National Planning Framework, Population, regional disparity, Regional GDP, Regional policy, Rural, Sligo, urban centres
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A Snapshot of the Western Region – WDC publishes a series of county infographics
The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published a series of eight infographics showing of key statistics for the Western Region and each of its seven counties. The data is from the CSO’s Census of Population in 2016 with analysis … Continue reading
Understanding Changes in the Components of County Incomes
While my previous post on county incomes (based on the CSO’s publications County Incomes and Regional GDP, 2015) considered the changes in Disposable Income over time, in this post I look at the components of Disposable Income, some of the … Continue reading
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Tagged counties, County Incomes, CSO data, Regional GDP
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WDC Insights Publications on County Incomes and Regional GDP
The Western Development Commission (WDC) has just published two WDC Insights: How are we doing? County Incomes in the Western Region and What’s happening in our regional economies? Growth and Change in Regional GVA. Both of these examine data from … Continue reading
Annual Conference of the Regional Studies Association Irish Branch
The WDC is sponsoring this year’s Annual Conference of the Irish Branch of the Regional Studies Association. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘City Led Regional Development and Peripheral Regions’ and takes place on Friday, 7th September at IT … Continue reading
What’s happening in our regional economies? Growth and change in Regional GVA.
In the last blog post on this subject, Leprechauns in Invisible Regions, the very significant changes in GVA and GDP[1] at a regional level between 2014 and 2015 were discussed. These largely applied in manufacturing, with a national growth in … Continue reading
Leprechauns in Invisible Regions: Regional GVA (GDP) in 2015
Regional GVA (GDP)[1] figures for 2015, and preliminary figures for 2016, were published recently by the CSO. The 2015 figures are of particular interest as that year (the year of leprechaun economics), there was a level shift in the size … Continue reading