This report was produced in the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities (CFE), led by Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, Director, as part of the programme of work of the Regional Development Policy Committee (RDPC). The report was undertaken in close collaboration with country delegates to the OECD Working Party on Rural Policy (WPRUR).
The OECD team elaborating and drafting the report included Ana Moreno Monroy (Chapter 2), Andres Sanabria (Chapters 3, 4 and 5) and Lisanne Raderschall (Chapter 3), with input from, Arno Engel, Gareth Hitchings and Michelle Marshallian, under the supervision of Jose Enrique Garcilazo, Head of the Regional and Rural Policy Unit in the Regional Development and Tourism Division, led by Alain Dupeyras. Peter Wostner (Chair of WPRUR) and Joaquim Oliveira-Martins (OECD) provided scientific guidance on the manuscript. Tamara Krawchenko, Anne Kuhnen, Chris McDonald, Fernando Riaza, Laura Springare and Giulia Tosetti from the OECD provided valuable input to the report.
Special thanks for conveying valuable comments on various drafts of the report to Mark Cropper, Lewis Dijkstra and Zelie Peppiette (European Commission), Judith Winternitz (Australia), Hanna Dóra Hólm (Iceland), Saskia Franssen (Netherlands), Timothy Wojan (United States), Juuso Hieta (Finland) and Paolo Veneri (OECD). Eric Gonnard and Milenko Fadic (OECD) provided valuable statistical support. The OECD is also grateful for comments and guidance received from the delegates to the OECD RDPC and the Working Party on Rural Policy throughout the project.
Pilar Phillip (OECD) co‑ordinated the production process of the report and Francois Iglesias (OECD) contributed to the formatting. Eleonore Morena and Andrew Brenner provided editorial assistance and Jeanette Duboys (OECD) prepared the manuscript for publication.