The report was prepared by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director. It was produced as part of the programme of work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC).
The report was co-ordinated and drafted by Isabelle Chatry, Head of Unit, and Margaux Vincent, Policy Analyst, from the OECD Secretariat, Decentralisation, Subnational Public Finance and Infrastructure (DEFI) Unit in CFE, under the Regional Development and Multi-level Governance (RDG) Division, led by Dorothée Allain-Dupré in CFE. The report also includes substantial contributions from Antti Moisio (Senior Economist), for which we are very grateful. Thanks are also due to OECD colleagues Pietrangelo de Biase, Marc Bournisien de Valmont, Sandra Jolk, Monika Kollar, Ana Moreno and Wu Yingyin for their contributions and insightful comments.
The authors would like to express their gratitude for the valuable comments and excellent inputs received from the Regional Development Policy Committee delegates. The manuscript and cover page were prepared by Bridgette Joyce and Roxana Glavanov (CFE), to whom we are also grateful.