From Sister to Global Cities: The economics of New Zealand’s Sister Cities
Hogan, James | March 2019
Abstract
NZIER has been commissioned by Sister Cities New Zealand to investigate Sister City relationships. In 2003, we wrote a report about the economic benefits of Sister Cities and their potential for supporting regional economic development. The report featured interviews with a number of businesses and councils, and its key recommendations are contained in Appendix A to this report.
Now, 16 years after our first report, NZIER has been recommissioned to:
• follow up with the original interviewees and find out how their businesses have changed
• explore what have been the learnings from successful attempts by some Sister Cities to commercialise their relationships.
To develop an analytical framework, we also wanted to:
• wrap an economic framework around Sister City relationships that explains their function and their drivers of success
• within that economic framework, consider why some cities relationships have been more successful than others
• support some initial policy thinking using the economic framework and the knowledge of what works for commercialising Sister Cities and what areas or bottlenecks need to be addressed for Sister City relationships to become regional engines of economic growth.
Citation
Hogan, James. 2019. From Sister to Global Cities: The economics of New Zealand’s Sister Cities. © New Zealand Institute of Economic Research. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9825.Keywords
Regionalism
Regional Economy
Regional Trading Arrangements
Aid And Development
Asian Development Bank
Comprehensive Development Framework
Development Cooperation
Development Management
Development Planning
Development Strategies
Development In East Asia
Development Planning
Development Research
Green revolution
Government Policy
Regional Organization
Regional Plans
Rural planning
Aid coordination
Industrial projects
Infrastructure projects
Natural resources policy
Educational development
Development strategy
Development models
Economic development
Infrastructure
Interregionalism
Regional economics
Regional planning
Communication in rural development
Communication in community development
Economic development projects
Development banks
Economic forecasting
Environmental auditing
Cumulative effects assessment
Human rights and globalization
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