Fraser of Allander Institute : Economic Commentary [June 2011]

The recovery continues to be weak in both Scotland and the UK. Our view of the performance of the economy has been distorted by the effects of the bad weather on production in December last year. However, once an allowance is made for weather effects it still looks as if GDP growth was stagnant over the last 6 months to the first quarter 2011. There are mixed messages on whether stagnation is continuing or whether the recovery has resumed again. It seems likely that the economy is still continuing to recover but at a fairly weak rate. Almost three years after the start of the recession the Scottish economy has only recovered about a quarter of the output lost, while the UK economy has recovered a third of lost output. These data support the evidence-based view that recovery from financially sourced recessions, particularly banking crises, are slow and painful. Exports are recovering slowly and business investment is fairly static with firms sitting on large piles of cash but unwilling to invest due to the uncertainty. So, the evidence seems to be moving in favour of those advocating a "Plan B" for the UK authorities to take some action to stimulate demand, it needs to be understood that while buttressing demand might be a necessary condition for a more rapid recovery it is not sufficient. We must be sure that our banking system is fit for purpose, able to freely lend to support the needs of the economy. It is not clear that we have presently reached that point. It is to be hoped that the final recommendations of the Independent Commission on Banking meet this requirement and that the proposals are adopted by the government

Additional file 4: Matrix S3. of Dengue research networks: building evidence for policy and planning in Brazil

Institutional network dataset (2005-2009). (CSV 85 kb

Additional file 6:Â Table S2. of Dengue research networks: building evidence for policy and planning in Brazil

List of paper titles and corresponding macro research themes (1995-2014). (XLSX 88 kb

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Dengue research networks: building evidence for policy and planning in Brazil

Dengue research networks excluding international organisations. (DOCX 12 kb

Additional file 3: of Building coherence and synergy among global health initiatives

Individual Global Health Initiative (GHI) and cluster-based total coherence/alignment scores. The table presents individual and cluster-based scores for GHI coherence/alignment in relation to the Special Programme of Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) reference profile. (PDF 260 kb

Additional file 2: of Building coherence and synergy among global health initiatives

Special Programme of Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) reference profile used for scoring Global Health Initiatives’ coherence and alignment. TDR responses to questions in Table 1 to build a reference profile. (PDF 294 kb

Additional file 1: of South-south collaboration on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment research: when birds of a feather rarely flock together

List of articles involving at least one author based on a low- or middle-income country (LMIC). (XLSX 17149 kb

Additional file 1: of Building coherence and synergy among global health initiatives

Description of Global Health Initiative (GHI) clusters reviewed in the paper. (DOC 144 kb

Additional file 2: of South-south collaboration on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment research: when birds of a feather rarely flock together

VOSviewer map file, depicted in Figure 4. (ZIP 8919 kb

REG recipient attribution of institution service improvements to TDR.

<p>TDR attribution to the improvement of the institution's services was assessed. Ranking was defined as follows: 1 = none, 3 = moderate and 5 = high.</p