This report examines the Netherland’s new Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam-The Hague (MRDH), drawing on lessons from governance reforms in other OECD countries and identifying how the MRDH experience could benefit policy makers beyond Dutch borders.

Annex 2.A1. - Integrated planning in London -- Chapter 3. Metropolitan governance in the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam-The Hague and in the OECD -- Introduction -- Overview of the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam-The Hague in the context of OECD metropolitan governance trends -- Making the Metropolitan Region of Rotterdam-The Hague body more effective in the short and long term -- The MRDH initiative in the broader context of Dutch national urban policy -- Notes -- Bibliography

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