The Local and Regional Economic Development Handbook, launched on 27 April, contains a wealth of practical case studies and examples that span the globe.

𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻’𝘀 approach to local and regional economic development (LRED) provides vital insights into balancing structural regional convergence with ambitious environmental transformations. Highlights of case studies in the handbook include:

𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘯 (Chapter 10: Enterprise and Entrepreneurship) is a jointly owned public-private partnership that assists domestic companies with international expansion while simultaneously attracting foreign direct investment.

𝘝𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢 (Chapter 12: Innovation) is the national innovation agency that has shifted from simple funding allocation toward managing systemic transitions by co-creating solutions across public, private, and third sectors. It highlights the role of specialised agencies in bridging fragmented institutional levels to address complex societal issues including climate change and health inequalities.

𝘉𝘪𝘰𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘏𝘶𝘣 (Chapter 12: Innovation) is an open-innovation experiment embedded at AstraZeneca’s Gothenburg facility that invites life science startups and academics to share core infrastructure and laboratories.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘕𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 (Chapter 12: Innovation) relies on unique, lifelong citizen numbers to link health records, research databases, and biological sample collections. It is presented to illustrate how connected data registries create a distinct edge by making medical research and clinical trials faster and cheaper than in countries without joined-up data.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘹𝘵𝘢𝘹𝘢 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 (Chapter 14: Economic Participation, Employability, and Unemployment) caps universal childcare fees at a very low percentage of household income from twelve months of age. It is cited in comparative employment research to demonstrate how structured childcare and parental leave models reduce maternal career penalties and boost female full-time employment rates.

𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘮’𝘴 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘫𝘰̈𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘥 (Chapter 16: Place, Infrastructure and Real Estate) is a premier urban redevelopment project that intentionally bridges economic viability with community and environmental connectivity. It serves as a practical model for large-scale brownfield regeneration that successfully embeds social objectives directly into its fundamental structure and governance.

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