Benchmarking the way cities and regions around the world are responding to the global recession

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2009-09
Authors
Everatt, David
Gotz, Graeme
Phakathi, Sizwe
Makgetla, Neva
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Abstract
The Gauteng Provincial Government Department of Economic Department (GPGDED) approached the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) to provide them with a fast turn-around report that benchmarks sub-national responses to the economic crisis globally. The brief was to provide a review of what cities and regions are doing in response to the crisis in other parts of the world, and to emphasise the action side of the story – what is being done, rather than analysing the differing nature and impact of the crisis in different places.The report is filled not so much with specific recommendations as a suite of possible interventions that the Gauteng Provincial Government may wish to choose from and implement.
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September 2009
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cities,regions,GCRO,recession
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