How did government policy encourage industry in the northern Netherlands?

Following World War II, the Dutch government consciously stimulated economic development to address regional disparities. To encourage industry and services in the relatively underdeveloped northern Netherlands, the state provided subsidies aimed at attracting new economic activity to the region.1

Despite these government-led efforts to promote growth in the north and other areas of economic stagnation, the western part of the country has remained the primary center for new industrial and service-sector activity.1