Economy Research
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About us
Research support for the Economy Directorate of the GMCA is provided through the delivery of three main priorities:
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Economic monitoring: The economic monitoring function of the team aims to provide ongoing intelligence on the performance of the GM economy. This is provided through structured inputs to relevant boards and stakeholder groups (including the Combined Authority, Business Board and Economic Resilience Group). Economic monitoring is supported by a range of dashboards such as the Economy Factbook and Economic Resilience Dashboard presented below.
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Commissioning and delivery support: The team provides research support to the commissioning and delivery activity undertaken by the Economy directorate. This aims to embed research and evidence at all stages of the policy cycle and use research principles for the gathering of insight and intelligence
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Evaluation: The team works to ensure that learning is maximised from both commissioned and directly delivered activity undertaken by the Economy directorate. This has typically taken the form of developing the specification for evaluation activity and overseeing its delivery.
This page is dedicated to the work of the Economy Research team, to explore the work of the wider GMCA Economy team, please visit the Economy web page.
Greater Manchester Economy Factbook
The Greater Manchester Economy Factbook is a comprehensive collection of key facts about the Greater Manchester (GM) economy intended as a reference for leaders, policymakers, analysts and anyone interested in learning about GM's economy. All data is sourced from publicly available official data and updated annually.
The data is divided into three sections:
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Population provides an overview of GM's demography
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Economy provides information on economic growth and productivity
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Business Demography provides information on GM's business base
The dashboard also presents data sources and further resources including GMCA dashboards with more information on the GM economy.
View the Greater Manchester Economy Factbook (external website)