OECD Territorial Reviews: The Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area

This review, the first of its kind conducted by the OECD in the United States, assesses the region’s capacity to contribute effectively to regional and national economic performance and quality of life.

ISBN Number:
9789264170285

The Review focuses on four thematic policy issues:

The effectiveness and coordination of workforce development programmes in the Chicago Tri-State metro-region
The metro-region’s capacity for innovation
The role as a major centre for logistics in North America
It's capacity to encourage green growth over the long term

Press release

The review also focuses on the state of region-wide institutional collaboration and offers a vision for effective tri-state region-wide stakeholder engagement.

Assessment and Recommendations

Read the executive summary

Launch of the publication

© Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD with Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago.

Speeches

Combating Global Headwinds: The OECD Perspective

Table of contents

Chapter 1
The assets and challenges for the tri-state metropolitan region’s competitiveness

Chapter 2
Matching skills to jobs in the tri-state region

Chapter 3
Innovation and entrepreneurship in the tri-state region

Chapter 4
Transportation and logistics in the tri-state region

Chapter 5
Increasing the tri-state region’s competitiveness through green growth

Chapter 6
Effective institutional arrangements in the tri-state region

Interactive maps

View the interactive map showing comarparisons between Chicago and other U.S. cities in the following areas:

Population
Economic performance
Innovation

Further reading

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For more information and publications on regional development, visit:
www.oecd.org/regional