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Rapid Evidence Review Articles from IPPO

  1. What Policy Interventions Are Needed to Reduce Economic Inactivity for People with Poor Health and Older People?

    What Policy Interventions Are Needed to Reduce Economic Inactivity for People with Poor Health and Older People?

    November 5, 2024

    Amy Ramsay Economic inactivity among working-age adults has remained stubbornly high since the Covid pandemic, resulting in lost taxes, reduced consumer spending, and increased benefit payments. The UK is now the only G7 country whose employment rate is not back to pre-pandemic levels. Against the backdrop of a UK labour shortage and a reported £22bn fiscal black hole, there is an urgent need to address economic inactivity. The most likely groups not to be in work or looking for a job are those with long-term health conditions and older people. However, these...

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  2. Growth Beacons: How Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity

    Growth Beacons: How Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity

    October 23, 2024

    Geoff Mulgan, Jeremy Williams, Hope McGee Across the UK and around the world, Innovation Districts are becoming important engines of productivity, creativity and growth. As part of our work to help governments combat spatial inequality, IPPO launches a new report, produced with collaboration from the UK Innovation Districts Group and UCL’s EPPI Centre, to show how districts can drive success. Growth Beacons: How Innovation Districts Can Create and Spread Prosperity highlights the key role Innovation Districts can play in facilitating economic growth, while sharing their benefits broadly with local people. As well...

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    How Policy Can Increase Access to Early Years Childcare Support for Ethnic Minority Families

    October 1, 2024

    Alexis Palá, Amanda Hill-Dixon, Urte Macikene Increasing access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children and families in Wales Increasing access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a global priority as it is seen as key for tackling and preventing a range of inequalities. As well as removing financial barriers and increasing the availability of ECEC, governments must address cultural, social and structural barriers to increase access among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic children and families.   Since November 2023, the Wales Centre for...

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