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Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2005-06-17
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9264009477
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report assesses the strategies pursued by OECD member governments to address the competitiveness of regional economies and the accompanying governance mechanisms on which the implementation of these strategies rests.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2009-03-23
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9264056297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report examines both the challenges and the opportunities associated with designing and using indicator systems in the context of multi-level governance.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2017-05-02
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 926426860X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLand use has important consequences for the environment, public health, economic productivity, inequality and social segregation. Land use policies are often complex and require co-ordination across all levels of government as well as across policy sectors. Not surprisingly, land use decisions ...
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2013-03-01
Total Pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9264189572
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report suggests that Abruzzo should focus on endogenous resources to build its long-term development strategy and, at the same time, to increase the external openness of the regional system to attract more entrepreneurs, students, foreigners and external capital.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 926417463X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book examines the main sources responsible for bringing growth in some OECD lagging regions.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010-09-28
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9264087257
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a handy reference guide to the regional policies of OECD countries and a broader analysis of trends in regional policies, based on sound, comparable information.
Author: Teresa de Noronha Vaz
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-02-24
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 131700843X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe worldwide interest in sustainable development has not only prompted ecological developments in policy and research in key sectors such as industry or transportation, but also in the management and assessment of new lifestyles such as healthy food consumption and sustainable use of products. In this context, agriculture is an important example because of its dual nature as both a high-tech sector producing modern mass products and also a traditional sector producing environmentally-friendly goods. Illustrated by a range of case studies from across Europe, this volume examines the interface of agricultural - and sometimes rural - development and the social and economic feasibility of traditional modes of production and consumption. It provides an overview of the various strategies and policies concerning sustainable agriculture, presenting a critical review of the opportunities of traditional production modes, from local, regional, national and global perspectives.
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2018-06-15
Total Pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9264301437
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis Multi-level Governance Series study focuses on Ukraine’s advances in regional development, territorial reform and decentralisation since 2014. The Government launched a reform to merge local governments and strengthen the decentralisation process, giving additional power and resources...
Author: Gillian Bristow
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-04-05
Total Pages: 199
ISBN-13: 1135225214
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book is structured into three parts. Part 1 introduces the concept of regional competitiveness by tracing its origins and exploring its different meanings in regional economic development. This will critically engage with political economy approaches to understanding the nature and dominance of the competitiveness discourse. Part 2 interrogates the pursuit of regional competitiveness in policy and practice. This critically evaluates the degree to which the pursuit of competitiveness is encouraging convergence in policy agendas in regions through an examination of key determinants of policy sameness and difference, notably benchmarking and devolved governance. Part 3 explores the limitations to regional competitiveness and explores whether and how its predominance in the policy discourse might be challenged by alternative agendas such as sustainable development and wellbeing. This focuses on the developing qualitative character of regional development.
Author: Andrew Beer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-08-21
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 1317609700
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis textbook is concerned with economic development at the local, community or regional scale. Its aim is to provide students with a comprehensive introduction to contemporary thinking about locally based economic development, how growth can be planned and how that development can be realized. This book: • Provides students with a thorough understanding of current debates around local and regional development and how that body of work can assist them in helping communities grow; • Equips students with a ‘toolkit’ of strategies that enable them to both plan for development and deliver that development through their professional lives; • Offers a roadmap for economic development that helps students make sense of place-based development by providing a ‘meta narrative’ of how regions grow and how those processes can be enhanced. This integrating perspective will be organized around the concept of competitiveness and how that concept can be understood and operationalized in various ways; • Aims to improve the performance of economic development agencies by providing current and future staff with a better set of strategies that are more appropriate to their needs; • Socializes students into the world of economic development planning, providing them with an entry point into a rewarding career; • Introduces students to a range of techniques essential to success in economic development planning. In addition to a wealth of case studies and pedagogical features, the book is also complemented by online resources. In offering a full toolkit of economic development knowledge, techniques and strategies, this text will thoroughly prepare students for a career in urban planning, transport planning, human geography, applied economic analysis, geographic information systems, and/or work as an economic development practitioner.
