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06-Jul-2011
The gap between the rich and the poor can be as wide within countries as across countries, with wealth and services generally concentrated in cities. In part this reflects differences in the performance of regions, as across OECD countries 10% of regions are responsible for some 40% of national GDP and employment.
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04-May-2011
Sustainable growth at regional level is now, more than ever, predicated on the capacity to innovate. The interdependence of roles and responsibilities for innovation in a multi-level governance environment is a new area for OECD member countries. This publication is part of the OECD Innovation Strategy and the OECD Reviews of Regional Innovation series. It offers a framework and benchmarks both to design regional innovation policies and to ensure that economy-wide policies take the regional dimensions properly into account.
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30-Mar-2011
The NORA region is a transnational area comprising the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland and coastal Norway. This review recommends strengthening co-operation across the region to improve accessibility, diversify the economic base, ensure the sustainable development of fisheries and meet the challenges of climate change.
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20-Jan-2011
This latest addition to the Rural Policy Review series looks at how The United Kingdom, through The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, has developed specific policies that seek to integrate both rural and urban areas in their policy approach. The results of the study provides useful insights and ways to increase policy effectiveness.
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03-Nov-2010
This is the first time the OECD has undertaken a systematic collection of regional policy data. This report is a unique source of regional policy information and of special interest to policy makers, researchers, and others engaging with regional development.
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27-Jul-2009
Chile’s economy has strengthened over the last 20 years. Yet, to date Chilean regions have not been able to fully utilise their assets and reach their growth potential, limiting national capacity for growth. An OECD Territorial Review of Chile recommends that Chile adopt a stronger regional approach to economic development in order to better exploit opportunities and improve the country’s overall performance.
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27-Jan-2009
The Copenhagen metropolitan region, despite benefiting from a thriving labour market and comparatively impressive social indicators, has witnessed only modest economic growth over the last decade. This publication proposes a common strategy for all levels of government for strengthening the public sector’s economic development tools.
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OECD eXplorer: New tool for analysing the OECD Regional Database
27-Oct-2008
OECD eXplorer is a leading edge tool for exploring and analysing regional statistics using a very interactive interface for the presentation of the regional differences and structures of OECD member countries. It combines maps with other visual presentations, using powerful mechanisms for selecting the groups of regions of interest to the user.
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03-Jun-2008
How does one meet the challenges of rural development in a country that is arguably one of the least "rural" among the OECD? Faced with high population density, close proximity of urban areas and urban-rural linkages, rural areas in the Netherlands have witnessed a gradual disappearance of characteristically rural landscapes and a deterioration of biodiversity. The OECD Rural Policy Review of the Netherlands explores these issues.
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17-Apr-2008
Finland is one of the most rural countries within the OECD and it is also one of the early adopters of a multi-sectoral approach to rural policy. As such, the origins and evolution of Finnish rural policy are of great interest to both OECD countries and non-OECD countries alike, many of whom are still in the early stages of development. A first rural policy review was conducted for Finland in 1995, and this edition offers a unique look at how Finnish rural policy has evolved since the initial recommendations made in 1995.
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