This page hosts the evidence base which has been developed by the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) and partner organisations to inform the Regional Economic Strategy. (For the latest 'The East Midlands in 2009' documents please click here)

• The East Midlands in 2006: A statistical portrait of the region
• A compendium of policy think pieces commissioned from independent experts
• Interactive GIS Mapping Toolkit (to be updated)

The Rural East Midlands and The Urban East Midlands complement and mirror the format of The East Midlands in 2006. They provides updated evidence bases tailored to rural and urban areas.

Technical Papers

The technical papers 1 and 2 set out details of the the monitoring arrangements for the RES and how each of the priority actions were developed respectively:

•  Measuring Progress Towards RES Objectives: Technical Paper 1 (189.12 kB)
•  Regional Economic Strategy Intervention Framework: Technical Paper 2 (223.96 kB)