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It is not possible, nor indeed desirable, to attempt a full factual description of the history and operation of regional policy in Britain in this paper. The paper begins with statements of the main problems which have necessitated regional policy. It then moves on to an analysis of the objectives and some of the main issues of regional policy in the United Kingdom and concludes with a discussion of the relationship between national and regional economic planning. This subject is treated at some length because the organisers of the conference wished us to do so, and because it is an issue which is central to both national and regional economic policies in the United Kingdom at the present time.
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Since 1961 when the late President Kennedy signed the Area Redevelopment Act, the federal government has extended financial and technical assistance to depressed areas and regions. The assistance comes in three forms: grants and loans to communities to help cover the cost of public facilities such as access roads and sewer systems which are deemed to be essential for industrial development; long-term low interest loans to new or expanding private enterprises locating in these areas; grants and direct staff assistance in support of planning and research within the community or on behalf of the community.
‘Contrasts in Agglomeration’, Papers and Proceedings of the American Economic Association (New York and Pittsburgh, May 1961).
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MacLennan, M.C., Robertson, D.J. (1969). Regional Policy in the United Kingdom. In: Robinson, E.A.G. (eds) Backward Areas in Advanced Countries. International Economic Association Conference Volumes, Numbers 1–50. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15315-2_3
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