Speaker Papers and Presentations

Speakers background papers and presentations for the OECD/Scottish Executive conference on "investment Priorities for Rural Development", which took place in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 19-20 October 2006.

Policy Brief: Reinventing Rural Policy

In OECD countries, rural areas account for three-quarters of the land and are home to a quarter of the population. Rapid changes in the international economy clearly have a different effect on these regions than on cities and towns, offering different challenges but also different opportunities.Improved communications and the Internet make it possible for many people to work just as effectively from a cottage in a village as in a city

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Assessing fiscal risks through long-term budget projections

As part of the comparative analysis of sustainable budget policy, a study was undertaken on long-term budget projections. This report describes a bottom-up approach to measure future challenges, and discusses the main reasons for uncertainty and how to handle them.

OECD Studies in Risk Management - France: Policies for Preventing and Compensating Flood-related damage

Of all natural hazards, flooding causes the greatest damage in OECD countries, particularly in France.

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OECD Studies in Risk Management - Japan: Floods

Floods and flood-related disasters, such as landslides, are a traditional and serious risk in Japan. In the 1940s and 50s, after flood disasters took thousands of lives, the creation of a comprehensive flood risk management programme led to a dramatic reduction in human casualties.

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OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private Partnerships, 5-7 July 2006, Madrid

From 5-7 July 2006 the OECD Symposium on Agencies and Public-Private Partnerships was held in Madrid, Spain. The presentations and background material from this meeting provide a rich source of background material on the topic.

27th annual meeting of senior budget officials

The 27th Annual Meeting of Senior Budget Officials took place in Sydney, Australia, on 5-6 June 2006.

Conferences on Regional Development

OECD conferences on urban, rural and regional development in OECD member countries.

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Urban Development

Cities are important generators of wealth, employment and productivity growth and often quoted as the engines of their national economies.

Multi-level Governance

Recent work is focusing on the contractual approach of multi-level governance, the design of grants transferred from central to sub national levels of government and the variety of agreements between municipalities.