The EU must urgently enhance competitiveness in green and digital transitions, requiring significant investment. Public investment challenges and requirements call for a cohesive approach, involving both national and subnational governments. Learning from past experiences, a well-coordinated, place-based strategy is crucial for effective investment policies and to avoid spatial imbalances in the European social model.
Dorothée Allain-Dupré
Regions are growing apart but they don’t have to
The OECD Regional Outlook 2023 shows that metropolitan areas are racing ahead with GDP per-capita averaging 30% more than other regions in most OECD countries. How can we reverse this trend?
Regions of discontent: how to repair territorial divides in government trust
Trust in government is hard won, but easily lost, especially during times of crisis. Trust in government dipped sharply during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis and took a decade to recover. But trust can also be worn down over time by long-term trends, such as economic decline.
Infrastructure: laying the foundations for the recovery
Infrastructure investment can transform prospects for regions and cities. It can reduce digital divides, connect people, firms and places, and put us on track for a carbon-neutral future.
Pulling together or drifting apart? Regions in the recovery
To further help in that process, we’re launching a new OECD Regional Recovery Platform that will help national and subnational governments track the recovery using internationally comparable subnational data, and support the development of policies to build back better and ultimately bring regions together.