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The North in Numbers A strategic audit of the northern English economies Paper 1 from the Northern Economic Agenda project
By Michael Johnson, Olga Mrinska and Howard Reed November 2007 © ippr 2007
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Contents
About ippr north ...... 3 About the contributors ...... 3 Acknowledgements ...... 3 List of abbreviations ...... 3 Executive