The 2019 Regional Outlook produced by the OECD highlights the need for place-based policies to address economic disparities across regions.
Place-based policies will become even more important in the future due to several technological, demographic and environmental megatrends, the effects of which are likely to vary from region to region, including within the same country. The report presents steps that policy makers can take today to make the next generation of regional policies fit for the future.
