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OECD Regional Outlook 2014

Regions and Cities: Where Policies and People Meet

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Regions and cities are on the front lines of many challenges faced by OECD countries today, from education and jobs to health care and quality of life. Getting regions and cities “right”, adapting policies to the specificities of where people live and work,  is vital to improving citizens’ well-being. This second edition of the OECD Regional Outlook aims to help countries do just that. Part I describes the main trends and challenges today. Part II has a special focus on cities, looking at public investment, urban framework policies, and rural-urban issues. Part III presents a Policy Forum on the future of cities, with five contributions from distinguished authors and policy makers. Part IV offers profiles of regional development in all 34 OECD countries.

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The Commission for the Reform of Public Administrations (CORA) process was launched by the Council of Ministers on 26 October 2012. The focus is administrative streamlining, simplification of legislation and procedures, and avoiding duplication between central state and autonomous communities (AC). The CORA also proposes a code of best practices to rationalise public expenditure and increase the efficiency of public services by optimising the use of new technologies.

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