Index of Economic Resilience: A Summary

April 2009

In April 2009 Yorkshire Cities completed a major study designed to assist local authorities to identify their economic strengths and to work to improve their economic resilience in the face of the recession.

This document provides a summary of the Index of Economic Resilience. The full study includes a series of reports, carried out by consultants Ekosgen. These include:

  • The Index of Economic Resilience - a measure of the strength of Yorkshire Cities' economies as they entered the recession, which also describes how their resilience has changed since the late 1990s;
  • The Economic Resilience Toolkit - this document provides a set of 'resilience checklists' that councils can use to examine the extent to which their existing approach promotes resilience, and suggestions on the types of policies that might be useful;
  • The Impact of the Recession Report - this report explores the impact of the 1990s recession on the Yorkshire Cities' and what the implications are for these areas in the current downturn;
  • City Region Reports - the main reports include full analyses of the data for the nine Yorkshire Cities areas. Additionally, three separate reports were also produced for the three city regions: Hull & Humber Ports, Leeds and Sheffield.

An update of the Index has since been produced for 2009-10. The Index of Economic Resilience: From Growth to Recession is now available to download from the research library.