Jeffrey Matsu - (CIPFA)

Jeffrey Matsu is Chief Economist at the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA). He is a Fellow of Practice at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and an Associate at the City-Region Economic Development Institute, University of Birmingham.  With extensive experience in connecting policy with practice through evidence-based research, Jeff works with partner governments, accountancy bodies and the public sector around the world to advance public finance and support better public services. His areas of interest include regional economic growth, value for money (VfM) and financial resilience.  Previously, Jeff was responsible for market analysis and thought leadership at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and co-led the economy theme at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence. He was also a senior economist at Morgan Stanley and served on the research staff at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington DC.  Jeff holds degrees in economics from the University of Washington and Johns Hopkins University. 

第二の都市について互いに学びあう：イギリスと日本における地方分権からの知見 

Reading Time: < 1 minute先進国の多くでは、国内の地域格差が拡大している現実が、全国平均の統計値の裏に隠れてしまっている。大都市圏が急速に成長する一方で、多くの中小都市や地方部はその歩みに追いつけずにいる。わたしたちCIPFAとバーミンガム大学City-REDI （City-Region Economic Development Institute：都市地域経済開発研究所）による最新の英日共同研究（日本語版報告書）は、この課題に真正面から取り組み、イギリスの「第二の都市」バーミンガム（およびウェスト・

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Second cities, shared lessons: Insights from UK–Japan devolution

Reading Time: 4 minutesBig metros power ahead while many towns and smaller regions struggle to keep up. A recent UK-Japan study, looks squarely at this problem through two ‘second city’ regions – Birmingham/the West Midlands and Osaka/Kansai – and distils a practical playbook that local leaders can use now. The argument is simple: finds durable institutions, functional regional geographies, flexible finance, and open learning loops are the levers that turn strategy into outcomes.

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