Although Poland has managed to maintain high growth levels since the mid-1990s, with the second-best performance in the OECD in 2006-07, territorial disparities are persistent and rising, especially between large urban areas and rural ones.
Stimulating innovative and growth-oriented entrepreneurship is a key economic and societal challenge to which universities and colleges have much to contribute.
The competition to stage major global events - such as OIympic Games, EXPOs, cultural festivals, and political summits - is more intense than ever before.
Faced with high population density, close proximity of urban areas and urban-rural linkages, rural areas in the Netherlands have witnessed a gradual disappearance of characteristically rural landscapes and a deterioration of biodiversity.
Social economy -- also known as 'non-profit' or 'third sector' -- organisations have grown in number and relevance, contributing to employment, social inclusion, democratic participation and community building.
Le Grand-Duch de Luxembourg a engag avec succs une profonde mutation de son conomie en l'espace de quelques dcennies, passant d'un tissu productif bas essentiellement sur la sidrurgie une conomie base sur le secteur financier.
Local development strategies represent an important response to the challenges of globalisation, while providing a mechanism for seizing the new opportunities that globalisation offers.
Few other countries feature the combination of very low population densities and difficult topography that hinders communication, in addition to a variety of contrasting climates.
Peu de pays conjuguent, comme la Norvege, une densite de population tres faible et des handicaps topographiques qui freinent les communications, outre un climat contraste.
Despite concern about the negative impacts of globalisation on the economies of OECD regions, notably the loss of manufacturing jobs and enterprise relocation, this report presents evidence that region-specific advantages - embedded in specialised firms, skilled labour and innovation capacity - remain a significant source of productivity gain for firms, even for the largest multinational enterprises.
City and regional governments as well as development agencies will learn from this report how to develop their own toolbox of instruments and structures for leveraging private finance.
En cette ere de mondialisation, les axes regionaux de specialisation, qui avaient mis plusieurs decennies a s'etablir, sont desormais en pleine mutation.
Urban areas represent an important part of the national economy and feature higher GDP per capita and productivity levels than their country's average.
Esta revision de Mexico evalua las estrategias emergentes de desarrollo territorial asi como los cambios significativos en la gestion publica, tales como los nuevos mecanismos de coordinacion horizontal y vertical que estan siendo introducidos junto con disposiciones federales mejoradas.
Dans cet examen detaille des politiques, sont passes en revue les faits nouveaux en matiere de politique regionale en France et, en particulier, les enjeux des politiques de competitivite et de la gouvernance multiniveaux.
This detailed policy review examines recent developments in regional policy in France and in particular, challenges regarding competiveness policies and multilevel governance.
Mesoamerica is a region characterised by high poverty levels, large urban-rural disparities, and a large informal economy, but also having a strategic location, rich natural and cultural resources, and light manufacturing.
In recent years, the main focus of territorial policy has been on sustaining growth, not only to address relative decline, but also to make regions more competitive.
This book presents the proceedings of a conference held near Washington, DC (Airlie, Virginia) to discuss the need for innovative new approaches to rural policy.
In order to curb rising unemployment and to upgrade low value-added activities, the competitive edge lost in low-cost labour must be earned back through education and innovation.
A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services.
La decentralisation s'est accrue et cela a renforce la responsabilite des niveaux de gouvernement infranationaux dans la fourniture d'un ensemble de biens et services publics.
This book reviews Finland's success in achieving balanced development over the past decade and assesses the challenges that it faces in maintaining this success.
Cet ouvrage analyse la reussite du developpement relativement equilibre de la Finlande au cours deux dernieres decennies et evalue les defis auxquels elle est confronte pour maintenir ce succes.
The motor vehicle technology covered in this book has become in the more than 125 years of its history in many aspects an extremely complex and, in many areas of engineering science .
Urban engineers provide a physical definition of the urban habitat by planning, designing, building and constructing, operating, and maintaining infrastructure, applying the tools of engineering, science, and good management to address the complex problems associated with infrastructure, services, buildings, environment, and land-use generally encountered in cities.
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of how the developmental goals of Asian states are reflected in large-scale projects and how various actors both realize and challenge these goals.
Community Development in Sub-Saharan Africa explores the dynamics of community development thinking, processes, and approaches in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa.
