Promoting Growth in All Regions

Is growth possible in all OECD regions? Evidence suggests that it is. This report argues that helping underdeveloped regions to catch up with more developed ones will have a positive impact on a country’s national growth overall, and that such growth helps to build a fairer society, in which no region’s citizens are left behind.

Linking Renewable Energy to Rural Development

This new publication looks at how renewable energy can bring the greatest benefits to host regions.

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Financing Green Urban Infrastructure

This paper presents an overview of practices and challenges related to financing green sustainable cities. Cities are essential actors in stimulating green infrastructure; and urban finance is one of the promising ways in which this can be achieved. Cities are key investors in infrastructure with green potential, such as buildings, transport, water and waste.

OECD eXplorer

With the OECD eXplorer, define yourself your selection among the wealth of indicators provided by the OECD Regional databases, and choose the visualisation that suits the best to highlight your findings.

Building Resilient Regions after a Natural Disaster

This publication is the follow-up to the forum held in March 2012. It offers proposals to counter the effects of the earthquake shock, to secure the sustainability of the local economy.

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Conférence Internationale sur la Compétitivité des Villes

Ce conférénce a eu lieu à Santa Cruz, Espagne et a réuni des réprésentants des Etats et collectivités locales pour ameliorer les conditions économiques et sociales.

International Symposium, Enhancing City Attractiveness for the Future, on 2-3 June 2005, Nagoya, Japan

This conference focussed on enhancing cities' attractiveness.

OECD International Conference on "Sustainable Cities: Linking Competitiveness with Social Cohesion, 13-14 October 2005

This high-level event brought together government leaders, policy makers and practitioners to examine and elaborate on the link between city competitiveness and social cohesion.

Milan conference programme in French

This is the programme for the Milan conference on Competitive Cities and Climate Change held there on 9-10 October 2008.

Global Forum on Governance: Modernising Government: strategies & tools for change

This conference was held in Rio de Janeiro on 22-23 October 2007 and provided an opportunity for participating countries to share their reform experiences in government modernisation and policies aimed at increasing public sector efficiencies.