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The conference, held from 12-13 December 2002 in Fortaleza, Brazil, provided a valuable opportunity to bring together key actors from the public and private sectors. Participants had the unique occasion to discuss trends in regional inequalities related to territorial development policies, with a special focus on the role of FDI in the development of regions in Brazil, other Latin America countries, Europe and Asia. See below for a selection of papers presented during the conference.

On trends and challenges in territorial development:

• Cultivating Regional Development: Main Trends and Policy Challenges in OECD Regions (153KB)

On governance and FDI:

• Good Governance and Best Practices for Investment Policy and Promotion (116KB)
• Embedding Foreign Direct Investment (127KB)
• Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Development: Sharing Experiences from Brazil, China, Russia and Turkey (301KB)
• The Economic Wars Between the States (196KB)
• Small Firms, the Informal Sector, and the Devil's Deal (50KB)

On education:

• The Fear of Education (263KB)

For papers that address specifically the situation in Brazil:

• Regional Development Strategies in Brazil (1.2MB)
• Policy-Based Competition for FDI: the case of Brazil (113KB)
• Transforming Local Economies: Lessons from the Northeast Brazilian Experience (248KB)

For more information, the press release gives a brief summary of the conference. Please contact Lamia.Kamal-Chaoui@oecd.org for further details.