Browsing The Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change (Reports) by Title
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Capabilities & Competitiveness: A Methodological Approach for Understanding Irish Economic Transformation
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The creative edge policy toolkit: from growth to dustainability: supporting the development of the creative economy in Europe’s northern periphery
(Creative Edge, 2013)The concept of the creative economy first emerged in the mid-1980s in response to a crisis brought about by the decline in manufacturing in many of the world’s most developed economies. The idea suggests a productive ... -
Economic Impact Assessment: The Creative Sector in the Western Region
(Centre for Innovation and Structural Change on behalf of the Western Development Commission, 2011-06)The 'Creative West' report by the Western Development Commission in 2009 was the first attempt to map out the Creative Sector in an Irish context. This economic impact assessment follows on from that report by assessing ... -
How (not) to do public policy: Water charges and local property tax
(The Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway, 2018-09-12)Two of the most contentious measures introduced as part of the severe fiscal consolidation necessitated by Ireland’s recent economic and financial crisis were the Local Property Tax and water charges. The two measures ... -
Overcoming Barriers to Well-Being in Ireland: 2012 Conference Report
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Whitaker Institute Policy Brief
(2012)With the growing discontent to the Austerity policies in Europe, there is also a growing demand for seeking alternative policies for solving the crisis. The alternative policies would only come about by recognizing the ...