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Modernising state-level regulation and policies to boost mobility in the United States

Sutherland, Douglas - 2020

The U.S. population is becoming increasingly urban and has gradually shifted to the south and west. Policy restrictions have played a role in preventing dynamic areas expanding, and when they do expand it can be through low-density housing sprawl. Land use restrictions and a sluggish housing...

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An integrated approach to the Paris climate Agreement : the role of regions and cities

Matsumoto, Tadashi; Allain-Dupré, Dorothée; Crook, … - 2019

impacts of climate change. This paper, recognising the role of cities and regions in implementing the Paris Agreement …

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The spatial dimension of productivity : connecting the dots across industries, firms and places

Tsvetkova, Alexandra; Ahrend, Rudiger; … - 2020

This working paper offers a synthesis of the current knowledge on the determinants of productivity. It carefully reviews both “spatial” (e.g. agglomerations, infrastructure, geography) and “aspatial” (e.g. human capital, labour regulations, industry-level innovation and dynamism)...

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Decentralised development co-operation : unlocking the potential of cities and regions

OECD - 2019

The Addis Ababa Action Agenda raises the urgency to address growing financing and capacity needs at all levels of government in developing countries (para. 34) while the 2030 Agenda calls to “localise” the SDGs. In its High Level Communiqué of 31 October 2017, the DAC stressed that...

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On the concentration of innovation in top cities in the digital age

Paunov, Caroline; Guellec, Dominique; El-Mallakh, Nevine; … - 2019

This paper investigates how digital technologies have shaped the concentration of inventive activity in cities across … 30 OECD countries. It finds that patenting is highly concentrated: from 2010 to 2014, 10% of cities accounted for 64% of …) representing 21.8% of applications. The share of the top cities in total patenting increased modestly from 1995 to 2014. Digital …

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Ageing and productivity growth in OECD regions : combatting the economic impact of ageing through productivity growth?

Daniele, Federica; Honiden, Taku; Lembcke, Alexander C. - 2019

concentrated in urban areas. One possible explanation is that cities specialise in sectors, such as tradable services, where the …

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Trends for smart city strategies in emerging Asia

Matsumoto, Tadashi; Crook, Jonathan N.; Tanaka, Kensuke - 2019

Smart cities represent the future of urban development in Emerging Asia as more and more cities and countries resort to …, acknowledging the importance of public support in this field. The development of smart cities offers significant prospects to tackle … enduring issues faced by Emerging Asian cities in policy areas such as transport, the provision of public services, education …

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