icWales - Learning lessons from Ireland's BMW regions

HOT on the heels of the publication of disappointing Welsh GDP figures last December, it came as no surprise to see Eurostat figures last month revealing that West Wales and the Valleys GDP per capita in 2002 was only 74% of the enlarged 25-member European Union. It's depressing to see that in the EU prosperity league, West Wales and the Valleys is now poorer than new EU Member States, such as Malta and Slovenia
icWales - Learning lessons from Ireland's BMW regions