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Urban, Rural and Regional Development

OECD is working to ensure that all people, and businesses of all sizes, can contribute to and benefit from inclusive growth,
whether they are located in a capital city or in remote rural areas.
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Towards Balanced Regional Development in Croatia

This report assesses the extent to which Croatia’s multi-level governance system is supporting its regional development objectives. In particular, it provides an overview of the country’s regional development performance on several demographic,...
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Regional Governance and Public Investment in Wales, United Kingdom

This report identifies enablers for the effective use of a regional lens in Wales, including robust regional data, long-term and future-oriented objectives, effective co-ordination across Welsh Government policy areas related to regional development,...
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Military coups, jihadism and insecurity in the Central Sahel

This paper examines the interactions between the 2020-23 Sahelian coups and the trajectories of jihadism and insecurity, covering three countries: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. First, it examines pre-coup trends in violence. Second, the paper finds...
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The Circular Economy in Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

In 2020, the Province of Zuid-Holland set up the “Strategy Circular Zuid-Holland: Accelerating Together”, with the commitment of reducing the use of primary raw materials by 50% by 2030 and to reach full circularity by 2050. New challenges in terms...
Multimedia
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“Open for business?” How to create opportunities in entrepreneurship for everyone

Not everyone has an equal opportunity to transform their ideas into a business. There could be an additional 9 million people starting and managing new business in the European Union (EU) – and 35 million across OECD countries – if everyone was as...
Statistics
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OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2022

OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance presents indicators on individual regions and cities since the turn of the new millennium. It provides a comprehensive picture of past successes and likely challenges that regions and cities in OECD members and...
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