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Biography

Paul Brandily is Research Economist at the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining CEP, Paul was a PhD candidate Paris 1 Sorbonne-PSE. He also worked for the World Bank in the Kivu regions (DR Congo) and was a research assistant to Prof. Tony Venables at the University of Oxford.

Publications

External publications

A tale of two cities (part 2)

Few would disagree that the UK has a significant productivity problem, or fail to recognise that the poor performance of the nation's largest cities outside the capital contribute to that situation. As the Economy 2030 I... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mike Brewer, Nye Cominetti, Matt Coombes, Adam Corlett, Lindsay Judge, Felicia Odamtten, Henry G. Overman, Cara Pacitti, Gui Rodrigues, Krishan Shah, Paul Swinney and Lalitha Try

19 September 2023

External publications

A tale of two cities (part 1)

After the success of the Commonwealth Games in 2022, Birmingham is now in the news for the wrong reasons. Financial difficulties facing the City Council culminated in a formal declaration on 5 September 2023 that Britain... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mike Brewer, Nye Cominetti, Matt Coombes, Adam Corlett, Lindsay Judge, Felicia Odamtten, Henry G. Overman, Cara Pacitti, Gui Rodrigues, Krishan Shah, Paul Swinney and Lalitha Try

14 September 2023

External publications

Beyond boosterism

The UK is a low investment nation. Low business investment is a big driver of this. Low investment is one reason behind the UK's weak productivity growth, which in turn is the main reason behind the stagnation in UK livi... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Krishan Shah, Gregory Thwaites and Anna Valero

22 June 2023

External publications

Bridging the gap

An economic strategy that helps the UK respond to change and tackle stagnant living standards and productivity will need to address the stubborn spatial disparities in economic performance across the UK. Addressing these... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Helene Donnat, Henry G. Overman and Krishan Shah

30 June 2022

Blog

Bridging the productivity gap between different areas in the UK

An economic strategy that helps the UK respond to change and tackle stagnant living standards and weak productivity will need to address stubborn spatial disparities in economic performance across the UK. Addressing thes... Read more...

Paul Brandily, Mimosa Distefano, Helene Donnat, Immanuel Feld, Henry G. Overman and Krishan Shah

05 June 2022