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Evidence Session Summary: Public Investment
This evidence session took place on Thursday 25 May 2023
Pub. Date
25 May, 2023
Pub. Type
Key Topics:
- Sizing Public Investment
- Public Investment in the Priority Regions and Sectors
- Public Infrastructure and Investment
- Improving Public Investment
The witnesses for this session were:
- Nigel Driffield (Professor of International Business, Warwick Business School)
- Gerald Holtham (Professor of Regional Economy, Cardiff Metropolitan University)
- Jan in't Veld (Head of Sector Model-based Economic Analysis, European Commission)
- Urvashi Parashar (Chief Impact Officer and Chief Economist, UK National lnfrstructure Bank)
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