OECD Work on Rural Development

 www.oecd.org/gov/ruraldevelopment

 

The issues | Contact us | Recent reviews | Key messages  
Upcoming events |  Publications


The issues

Predominantly rural regions account for about 75% of the land and almost a quarter of the population in OECD countries. With gains in agricultural productivity leading to a dramatic reduction in farm employment (less than 9% in OECD’s rural areas), rural regions across the OECD now depend on a wide range of economic engines for growth. Increasing globalisation, improved communications and reduced transportation costs are additional drivers of economic change in rural areas. Traditional policies to subsidise farming have not been able to harness the potential of these economic engines. Promoting rural development poses numerous policy and governance challenges because it requires co-ordination across sectors, across levels of government, and between public and private actors. Several countries are therefore considering a paradigm shift in their approaches to accommodate such important challenges. The most defining characteristics of this shift are a focus on places rather than sectors and an emphasis on investments rather than subsidies.

 

   Reinventing Rural Policy

 

 The New Rural Paradigm

 

 

The OECD’s Working Party on Territorial Policy in Rural Areas discusses ways to develop a modern, rural development policy to account for these important economic changes and a new strategy for governance that these policy approaches require. OECD work on rural development has lead to a number of thematic publications, case studies and, from 2006, a series of national rural policy reviews to deepen international knowledge in this field. It has also lead to a yearly series of OECD Rural Development Conferences and workshops where policymakers from around the world gather to discuss rural policy.


Contact us

For information and queries about OECD work on Rural Development Policy please contact this e-mail address

OECD.RuralDevelopmentProgramme@oecd.org


Recent Rural Policy Reviews

 

 

 

China Summary

 

Italy Summary


Key messages from recent Rural Development Conferences

 

 

 

 Key Messages - Investment Priorities for Rural Development Scotland, UK 

 Key Messages - Innovative Rural Regions: The role of Human Capital and Technology  Cáceres, Spain     

 Key Messages - Innovative
Service Delivery: Meeting the Challenges of rural regions Cologne Germany
 


Upcoming events

Annual Rural Development Conference 

Title:      Developing rural policies to meet the needs of a changing world

When:   13-15 October 2009  

Where:   Québec City Convention Centre, Québec, Canada

For more information please see the conference website www.oecd.org/gov/regional/QuebecCanada or contact Betty-Ann Bryce at Quebec-CanadaRuralConference@oecd.org


Recent events

Innovative Service Delivery Workshop Series

Title:  Designing services for rural communities: the role of co-design and co-delivery

When:  11-12 June 2009

Where:  London, United Kingdom

For more information please see the conference website www.oecd.org/gov/ruraldevelopment/crcworkshop 

 

Now available

Reinventing Rural Policy and the Assessment and Recommendations of Rural Policy Reviews in Chinese

经济合作与发展组织政策摘要 (OECD Policy Brief):
重新制定农村政策 (Reinventing Rural Policy)


经济合作与发展组织农村政策评论: 评估与建议 (OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Assessment and Recommendations):

德国 (Germany)
墨西哥 (Mexico)
芬兰 (Finland)
荷兰 (Netherlands)
英国苏格兰 (Scotland, UK)


Forthcoming publications

  • OECD Rural Policy Reviews Spain (2009)
  • OECD Rural Policy Reviews Quebec,Canada (2010)
  • OECD Rural Policy Reviews England, United Kingdom (2010)
  • OECD Rural Policy Reviews South Afica (2010)


Publications

 

Rural Reviews

Rural Territorial Reviews

 

Policy Brief and Case Studies

 

For more information please contact us at OECD.RuralDevelopmentProgramme@oecd.org

Click here to find more OECD publications on Rural Policy

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