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in brief... Could a new policy institution help solve the UK’s productivity problem?


Comparatively sluggish productivity growth is one of the UK’s biggest policy challenges. Past strategies to solve the problem have lacked both sustained commitment and proper evaluation. Anna Valero and Bart van Ark call for a growth and productivity institution to inform and coordinate policies over the long term.


Anna Valero and Bart van Ark

20 June 2024     Paper Number CEPCP685

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This work is published under POID and the CEP's Growth programme.

This publication comes under the following CEP theme: UK productivity and policy