The performances of each region impinge on its specific natural assets and economic resources. Geographic location, land use, natural and cultural amenities, economic specialisation and demographic trends are among the main causes of the prosperity of a region. To classify regions according to their specific assets, TSI has developed four different territorial typologies.

OECD eXplorer: New tool for analysing the OECD Regional Database!

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24-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.

 

Regional Statistics and Indicators

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23-Oct-2008

The OECD has developed three tools to answer the increasing demand for statistical information at the regional level: the OECD Regional Database; the Working Party on Territorial Indicators; and the series OECD Regions at a Glance.

OECD Work on Regional Innovation

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14-Oct-2008

Current work includes an ongoing series of  reviews of innovation in regions from a national and regional perspective (UK, Italy and Mexico) and analysis of innovation indicators using the OECD Regional Database’s innovation indicators dataset.

Territorial Indicators of Socio-Economic Patterns and Dynamics

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30-Sep-2003

This paper summarises the findings and conclusions of a series of exploratory case studies of socio-economic patterns and dynamics across sub-national territories.

Territorial Benchmarking for Competitiveness Policy

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30-Sep-2003

This paper presents a set of comparative maps on key indicators of economic performances for all OECD regions.

Regional Convergence and Divergence in the US, 1969-98

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28-Jun-2002

The renewed interest in convergence/divergence raises issues about a particular type of disparity: between rural and urban areas. This paper examines rural-urban differences within a framework of overall regional inequality and strengthens the understanding of trends in regional inequality.

Population dynamics

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28-Jun-2002

Maps of population dynamics in OECD regions

Map of regions

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28-Jun-2002

Maps of OECD regions and sources of Data