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www.oecd.org/gov/ruraldevelopment
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.
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
Key messages from recent Rural Development Conferences
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
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OECD Rural Policy Reviews Spain (2009)
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OECD Rural Policy Reviews Quebec,Canada (2010)
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OECD Rural Policy Reviews England, United Kingdom (2010)
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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
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