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.

Capacity building seminar: Strategic approaches to demographic change in Russia, Eastern Europe and OECD countries (Trento, Italy)

The seminar was targeted at national, regional and local practitioners who dealt with anticipating and managing demographic changes in Russia and Eastern European countries and wanted to interchange experiences and approaches with other experts from OECD countries.

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• Local scenarios of demographic change
• LEED Working paper - Demographic Change and Local Development: Shrinkage, Regeneration and Social Dynamics (released March 2012)
• Activities of the Forum on Partnerships and local Governance
• LEED Trento Centre (Italy)

Capacity building seminar: Financing business start-up by under-represented groups (Trento, Italy)

This seminar was part of a three-year programme of cooperation between the European Commission and the OECD LEED Programme to monitor and report on entrepreneurial activity in Europe and related public policies and actions.

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• LEED Trento Centre (Italy)
• OECD-EU Project on Self-Employment and Entrepreneurship in Europe

Functional urban areas by country

These country notes provide detailed quantitative and qualitative information on functional urban areas in OECD members.

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• Regional Statistics and Indicators
• OECD eXplorer

Intellectual Assets and Innovation: The SME Dimension

This report examines the relationship between SMEs' management of intellectual assets, innovation and competitiveness.

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• Clusters, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• to be changed
• The OECD Innovation Strategy

Regional Outlook 2011: Information by country

These country notes provide detailed quantitative and qualitative information on regional performance, institutions and policy settings in OECD members. They include a description of the country's administrative structure, regional policies and the contribution of regions to national growth.

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• OECD Regional Outlook 2011

Territorial Development Reviews

This page displays the full list of country and regional reviews of territorial development.

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• Regional Development
• Publications on Rural Development

‘forumpartnerships2009’, Country Fact Sheets

Twice before, Country Fact Sheets have been published by the OECD LEED Forum on Partnerships and Local Governance providing valuable up-to-date information about area-based partnerships. “forumpartnerships2009” – Country Fact Sheets provides an update on what has changed.

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• Activities of the Forum

Business Clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe

Clusters of firms and related organisations in a range of industry specialisations are a striking feature of the economic landscape in all countries. Their growth and survival depends on internal processes of specialisation, co-operation and rivalry, and knowledge flows that underpin the competitiveness of the firms within them. Cluster building is now among the most important economic development activities in OECD countries and

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• LEED Publications List
• OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development, Italy
• Executive Summary (Czech) - Business Clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe
• Executive Summary (Hungarian) - Business Clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe
• Executive Summary (Polish) - Business Clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe
• Executive Summary (Slovak) - Business Clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe
• Executive Summary (Slovenian) - Business Clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe

Local Innovations for Growth in Central and Eastern Europe

This book demonstrates that the success of local development strategies depends on the capacity of the government and its partners to accelerate change within the policy and governance aspects of economic and social development.

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• LEED Publications List
• OECD LEED Trento Centre for Local Development, Italy