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Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland)

Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland) IBIS seminar, 6 February 2009. “ cold denying silence” that descended on this island for too long in the past century and resulted in a process of “friction and frission”. Conor Brady.

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Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland)

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  1. Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland) IBIS seminar, 6 February 2009

  2. “cold denying silence” that descended on this island for too long in the past century and resulted in a process of “friction and frission” Conor Brady

  3. Economics and Peacemaking ‘Unless you achieve economic transformation, you can’t have a stable society.’ Sir George Quigley (March 2007) ‘Economic progress is crucial to the political forces that favour peace’ Portland Trust (May 2007)

  4. British Subvention to Northern Ireland

  5. Employment in the Public Sector

  6. Participation Rates in Further and Higher Education

  7. Unemployment in Northern Ireland

  8. Troubles Related Deaths

  9. The Belfast Agreement, 1998. Six Cross-Border Bodies InterTradeIreland “A Body to exchange information and co-ordinate work on trade, business development and related matters, in areas where the two administrations specifically agree it would be in their mutual interest.”

  10. Institutional Arrangements Northern Ireland Assembly & Executive Irish Government North-South Ministerial Council InterTradeIreland Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment

  11. InterTradeIreland 1998 NOW Political Economic Cross Border All Island Trade Competitiveness

  12. Cross-Border Trade Statistics

  13. Cross-Border Tourism Statistics

  14. Cross-Border Traffic Volumes

  15. Cross-Border Bus and Rail Travel Statistics

  16. Cross-Border Student Flows

  17. Cross-Border Public and EU Investment Flows

  18. Cross-Border Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate • Create gains in trade and investment; • Generate economies of scale; • Deliver more efficient and effective public services; • Promote wider economic benefits • Reduce market failures • Open new or ‘missing’ markets • Deliver more balanced regional development

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