This report reviews Japan's progress with regional policy reform, such as reform of territorial planning, regional economic policy, urban policy, rural development and administrative and fiscal decentralisation.

This OECD Territorial Review examines how Seoul – a city of 10.3 million people at the core of a capital region of 22.5 million people – is striving to upgrade its positioning from a gigantic national capital towards a 'world city' and a business hub in Northeast Asia.

A synthesis report drawing from OECD metropolitan reviews, this book shows large cities' performance within their countries and addresses key dilemmas including competitiveness and social cohesion, intergovernmental relationships and urban finance.

OECD's comprehensive territorial review of Stockholm. It finds Stockholm to be on the the most successful - but not unchallenged - regions. While there is no crisis on the horizon, there are a number of weaknesses that could undermine the region’s ...

This review examines trends and challenges facing the regions of France in particular looking at competitiveness policies and multilevel governance. It includes interesting statistics related to regions and makes a series of recommendations for French authorities.

Japan is embarked on a demographic transition without precedent in human history: the population is both declining and ageing rapidly. This raises important questions about the country's future economic geography, as public policies will need both to respond to these shifts and also to shape them.

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.

This report presents an overview of trends in urban policies in OECD countries with the objective to identify successes and failure that could inform national Chinese policy-makers in their preparation of an Urbanisation Strategy.

This report examines the Pan Yellow Sea Region (PYSR)'s trans-border governance system, which has emerged since the 1990s as a key regional policy agenda.

Recently, OECD countries have promoted a new approach to regional policy. This report reviews the main dimensions of this policy shift, drawing on recent work by OECD including analysis of regional data, policy reviews and case studies.