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Launch of LSE Growth Commission:
Press Release

20 January 2012

The LSE Growth Commission has been created to provide an authoritative input to a growth strategy for the United Kingdom. The commission will report within one year and along the way it will take evidence from leading figures from academia, business and policy.

To launch the commission, Larry Summers (Harvard and former US Treasury Secretary) and Steve Nickell (Nuffield College Oxford and OBR) will give evidence on how to improve the growth performance of the UK economy in the medium to long-term.

For more information on the launch event please go to event webpage

Download the press release (PDF)

Related Links
LSE Growth Commissioner biographies (PDF)
Institute for Government webpage

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