Welcome! The purpose of this blog is to provide an outlet for the work being done by Local IDEAs (Indicator Database for Economic Analysis) at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. There will be regular posts on data, insights, and commentary pertaining to creativity & innovation, clusters, urbanism, and local economic development. You will find reports & publications, data profiles & factsheets, and presentation slides on this site. Please relate your input and questions directly on this blog or email me at: greg.spencer@utoronto.ca. Thank you for visiting!