Analyse how the agenda for action is using local partnerships, and clusters of related organisations and individuals

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Analyse how the agenda for action is using local partnerships, and clusters of related organisations and individuals. What are the likely benefits and drawbacks of this in achieving sustainable development and how might the business involved be accountable?

The agenda for action was published by advantage west midlands. It sets out specific actions required to deliver the regional economic strategy. The agenda defines the significant priority actions that partners in the region have agreed will deliver west midlands economic strategy. The agency has targeted three regeneration zones that are working through forums of partnerships, which encourage people to work across traditional boundaries and develop new relationships. The agency is trying to develop business clusters, which are groups of businesses and related organisations linked through a common technology or end product. It has to be considered how clusters of related organisations can help achieve a better quality of life for everyone now and in the future.

It could be argued clusters will enable sustainable development because it will bring new businesses into the midland, which will help the local economy grow. This means more money can be put into improving the local infrastructure including education. This will enable sustainability as a higher quality of life for the community can be continued in the future.

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Business locating in the midland will also provide employment for the local population this will also increase economic growth because people will have more money to spend which will be put back into the local economy when it is spent on consumer durables which means demand will increase for products. In which case more people will be employed which means more people will have money creating a multiplier effect. However this depends on how much money stays in the local economy.

It also has to be considered that business locating in the midlands will require people who are skilled ...

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