Established as a pilot operation in 1999 and one of 19 English urban regeneration companies whose job is to stimulate investment, New East Manchester is co-ordinating plans for regeneration east of the centre.
As more and more of its people migrate from rural to urban regions, it needs the type of job creation that will keep these new concentrations of population productively employed.
It is not just the all-too-familiar problems of urban poverty and unfamiliarity with the English language, or that the job may be too big New York has 1, 100 schools for any individual to run effectively.