OECD

We have worked with the OECD on targeted reviews and special studies in the field of local and territorial development since 1998.

The mission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is to promote policies that will improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.

The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. The OECD works with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. OECD measures productivity and global flows of trade and investment. OECD analyses and compares data to predict future trends. They set international standards on a wide range of things, from agriculture and tax to the safety of chemicals.

Reviews

Among the OECD reviews we have contributed to include:

Legacy of global events reviews: London 2012, Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Shanghai EXPO.
Local and Regional Development: Latvia, Slovakia, Austria.
Economic and Regeneration Strategy Reviews: Glasgow, Derry/Londonderry.
Economic Development Agency Reviews of Belfast, Glasgow, Barcelona.
Urban Renaissance Reviews in Naples, Belfast, Krakow, Canberra, Derry, and Glasgow
Smart Growth in Maryland
Metropolitan Reviews of Melbourne, Athens, Mexico City, Seoul, and Milan.
Cities and Entrepreneurship Reviews of Rome and West Midlands.

Publications

We have also contributed to a number of key OECD publications on a variety of city development topics:

Local Economic Leadership June 2015, OECD
Delivering Local Development: New Growth and Investment Strategies 2013, OECD
Organising Local Development: The Role of Development Agencies and Companies, 2010 OECD
Recession, Recovery, and Reinvestment: the Role of Leadership in a Global Crisis, 2009, OECD
Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events, 2008, OECD Publishing.
Investment Strategies and Financial Tools for Urban Development, 2007, OECD

Local Development Agencies

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Report on Local Economic Leadership with the OECD

Greg Clark, Tim Moonen and Emily Moir along with their partners at OECD LEED view local economic development as a complex process that requires unique kinds of leadership if it is to succeed. Case studies of Amsterdam, Hamburg, Manchester, and Stockholm.

Report on Delivering Local Development with the OECD

Delivering Local Development: New Growth and Investment Strategies

Report on Local Economic Development with the OECD

The Role of Development Agencies and Companies

OECD: Recession, Recovery and Reinvestment

Since the economic crisis beginning in September 2007 with the collapse of banks in the UK and USA, we have seen the triggering of a global recession and wider processes of economic restructuring.

Local Development Benefits from Staging Global Events

This book identifies how staging international events works as a trigger for local development, and what hosting cities and nations can do to ensure that a positive local legacy and wider benefits are realised.