Documents et rapports

Cities, Jobs, and Local Economic Development : A Guidance Note for Task Teams (anglais)

Cities offer enormous opportunities for economic growth and job creation. When local businesses succeed, they create demand for workers, inputs, materials, and additional services, increase productivity...

Kazakhstan Country Economic Memorandum : Dependence, Distance, Dispersion - Options for Upgrading Kazakhstan’s Economy (anglais)

Kazakhstan’s economy depends heavily on extractives, with many other industries linked to them. Perhaps the most telling indicator of a stalled structural transformation is the stagnant spatial organization...

The Time is Now : How Can Uzbekistan Leverage Urbanization as a Driver of Sustainable Development? (anglais)

Urbanization and growth of cities are the defining development trends in Uzbekistan, and the country has a unique opportunity to use them as drivers of development. To make the most of the urbanization...

Slovakia Catching-Up Regions : Integrated Elderly Care Model for the South Gemer Functional Grouping of Municipalities (anglais)

Elderly care is an area of growing importance for the Slovak Republic. The national system for health and social care does not offer a framework of integrated elderly care provision. However, there are...

Boosting Tiranas City Competitiveness : A Background Note to the Urbanization and Territorial Review for Western Balkans and Croatia (anglais)

Tirana is the engine of the Albanian economy. Tirana is the only major urban area with substantial density of economic activity in Albania and one of the few areas experiencing population growth. The city...

Re-mapping opportunity : making best use of the economic potential of Russia's regions (anglais)

In order to understand a country as large and diverse as Russia, it is extremely important to consider spatial patterns of economic development. As Russia looks for new drivers of economic growth, it is...

Re-mapping opportunity : making best use of the economic potential of Russia's regions (russe)

In order to understand a country as large and diverse as Russia, it is extremely important to consider spatial patterns of economic development. As Russia looks for new drivers of economic growth, it is...

Philippines - Urbanization review : fostering competitive, sustainable and inclusive cities (Vol. 2 of 2) : executive summary (anglais)

Urbanization is a driving force for growth and poverty reduction. Globally, over 80 percent of economic activity is concentrated in cities, and cities are essential for lifting millions of people out of...

Philippines - Urbanization review : fostering competitive, sustainable and inclusive cities (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)

Urbanization is a driving force for growth and poverty reduction. Globally, over 80 percent of economic activity is concentrated in cities, and cities are essential for lifting millions of people out of...

Poland catching-up regions : key regional development dynamics : Poland catching-up regions: kluczowe aspekty rozwoju regionalnego (polonais)

Spatial disparities in development are a major challenge for the European Union (EU), and the expansion countries specifically. While it is mostly inevitable that development is a process that is not evenly...

Poland catching-up regions : key regional development dynamics (anglais)

Spatial disparities in development are a major challenge for the European Union (EU), and the expansion countries specifically. While it is mostly inevitable that development is a process that is not evenly...

Growth pathways : a diagnostic methodology for city competitiveness (anglais)

What makes a good city strategy? (anglais)

Public-private dialogue for city competitiveness (anglais)