Benchmarking the way cities and regions around the world are responding to the global recession

The Gauteng Provincial Government Department of Economic Department (GPGDED) approached the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) to provide them with a fast-turnaround report that would benchmark sub-national responses to the economic crisis globally. Our brief was to provide a review of what cities and regions are doing in response to the crisis in other parts of the world, and to emphasise the action side of the story – what is being done, rather than analysing the differing nature and impact of the crisis in different places.

The report is filled not so much with specific recommendations as a suite of possible interventions that the Gauteng Provincial Government may wish to choose from and implement. They are sourced from different parts of the world, and the GCRO can provide on-going comparative monitoring over time if required.