Place-based industrial strategies in the context of the Northern Ireland Protocol

Figures & data

Table 1. Decomposition of growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per head, 2000–18.

	GDP per capita	Productivity	Employment rate	Participation rate	Dependency
Ireland	1.0	0.9	−0.2	0.4	−0.2
UK	1.0	0.9	0.1	0.2	−0.1
Wales	1.0	0.7	0.1	0.4	−0.2
Scotland	1.4	1.1	0.2	0.2	−0.2
Northern Ireland	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.0
England	1.1	1.1	0.1	0.2	−0.1

Note: Values are percentage points.

Sources: Eurostat (2018) adapted from FitzGerald and Morgenroth (2019, p. 70).

Figure 1. Components of the Northern Ireland economic strategy in the context of the programme for government.

Figure 2. Strategic framework for economic growth.

Source: Northern Ireland Executive (2012).

Table 2. MATRIX panel priorities.

Information and communication technology (ICT)	Life and health sciences	Advanced manufacturing, materials and engineering
Cyber security data analytics application software, advanced networks and sensors	Clinical trials digital health precision medicine and diagnostics	Material handling polymers aero, defence, security and space, automotive, agri-engineering, construction products

Source: Department for the Economy (2017a).

Figure 3. Smart Specialisation priorities for Northern Ireland.

Source: Northern Ireland Executive (2014).

Figure 4. Enabling technologies for Northern Ireland.

Source: Department for the Economy (2021).

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