The green transition is creating new demand for workers and skills across OECD regions. Yet many territories face persistent, and in some cases widening, labour and skills shortages that will be exacerbated by demographic change and depopulation. Such shortages risk delaying investment and...

The State of Paraná, Brazil, has used the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a guiding framework for public policymaking since 2016. More recently, Paraná has made private sector engagement a strategic priority to accelerate progress on sustainable development. The state promotes...

This working paper provides a practical guide on how to use the OECD Regional Attractiveness Compass to inform regional development and place-based policies. A comprehensive visualisation tool, the Compass measures a region's relative strengths and weaknesses compared to national and...

While Indonesia's rapid urbanisation has gone hand in hand with economic growth, housing remains a critical challenge. Around 29.2 million family units in Indonesia do not have a home or live in inadequate housing conditions. At the same time, Indonesian cities are facing growing environmental...

Building on a longstanding commitment to waste prevention and food waste reduction since the early 2000s, the city of Matosinhos is continuing to advance sustainable waste management, achieving nearly zero landfill diversion and high energy recovery from waste. The city is gradually moving from...

Foreign investment benefits the economic growth of regions. Little research exists explaining how regional characteristics and policies influence the attractiveness as a target for different types and sources of foreign investment. A novel database is used in this paper to conduct an empirical...

Korea aims to revitalise productivity growth and promote balanced territorial development. Artificial intelligence (AI) can help improve regional development policies, achieve greater administrative efficiency and accountability, enhance the spatial targeting of policies and support multi-level...

Entrepreneurship is a critical driver of economic growth and a critical force behind innovation in processes and products. However, its determinants across geographies and entrepreneurial traits remain insufficiently understood. Understanding such patterns can help inform policies to support...