|
Economic
review
|
Characteristics
of authors completion time
|
Extent
of wider consultation
|
| Isles
and Cuthbert (1957) |
Prof
and Senior Lecturer in Economics QUB. Took about 7 years to complete |
A
small number of interviews with business managers |
| Hall
(1962) |
Senior
London civil servant. Involved senior London and NI Civil servants.
Mostly written in London. 9 months to complete. |
Only
3 days of meetings were held in NI - probably very small |
| Matthew
(1963) |
Prof
of Geography at Edinburgh University. 12 months to complete |
Not
clear |
| Wilson
(1965) (2) |
Prof
of Economics at Glasgow University. 16 months to complete |
The
attached government
statement noted the need for wide support of the economic plan. Wilson
noted that trade unions, business and academics had provided some
input. saw a role for the then new Northern Ireland Economic Council
(NIEC) |
| Matthew,
Wilson, Parkinson (1970) |
Had
a steering group of senior civil servants |
Not
clear |
| Cairncross
(1971) |
Master
of St Peter's Oxford University (formerly Treasury Economist). Other
authors were C H Villiers (GB businessman) And DH Templeton (NI origin
Businessman). 5 months to complete |
NIEC,
Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Irish Congress of Trade Unions
(ICTU). Industrial Development Authority (IDA). Economics Dept at
QUB New University of Ulster (NUU) and Wilson. |
| Quigley
(1976) |
Senior
NI civil servant. Later Permanent Secretary of Dept of Commerce. A
total of 5 senior NI civil servants. Completed in 3 months. |
18
corporate bodies (trade unions, business academic, agencies) and 20
individuals are
mentioned as participating. |
| DED
(1987) |
All
"relevant" NI civil service Departments sent participants to the 6
taskforces |
Not
clear. Seems to have been prepared and then. written largely in-house
within the NI civil service. |
| DED
(1990) |
NI
Civil Service |
Not
clear. As DED (1987) |
| DED
(1995) |
NI
Civil Service |
Not
clear. As DED (1987) |
| Strategy
2010 |
Central
steering group of 13 members (3). 5 were senior members of the DED
or attached agencies. 2 were senior management from large companies
based in NI (4). Completed in 13 months |
On
paper c.300 members of private sector (some from trade unions and
a few academics) through: (a) 11 sector working groups and (b) 7 cross
sectoral groups. |
