UWS students search for answers in Fairfield

Four teams of third year economics students from UWS Parramatta have completed consultancy projects with Fairfield City Council that address current economic issues the council faces in its economic development work. Students in the Economics and Finance Engagement Project investigated the poverty trap, local responses to manufacturing industry decline, opportunities for affordable housing and shared equity housing in Fairfield and looking at what council could learn from economic development strategies used in other communities.