OECD Rural Studies Rural Well-being Geography of Opportunities


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Rural Well-being: Geography of Opportunities presents the latest iteration on this policy framework, reflecting several important changes in rural development in recent years. Fully taking into account the variety of situations characterising rural regions, the new policy framework leverages improved data and analysis while broadening the scope from economic focus to encompass the environmental and social dimensions of well-being.




OECD Rural Policy Reviews The New Rural Paradigm


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The report highlights the diverse challenges facing rural areas, their unused potential, and the inability of sectoral policy alone to address these challenges.







OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Germany 2007


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This review discusses the challenges and opportunities of German rural areas.




OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Spain 2009


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The radical transformation that Spanish rural areas have experienced in the past few decades suggest a new approach to rural policy. This report looks at such issues as rural tourism, renewable energies, rural clusters, development of peri-urban areas, and service delivery.




What Future for Our Countryside?


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OECD Rural Studies The Future of Rural Manufacturing


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The Future of Rural Manufacturing provides insights on the transformations that have occurred in manufacturing across rural regions in recent decades. It describes opportunities and challenges in this context, highlighting those relating to climate and demographic change and digitalisation, as well as shifting patterns in globalisation.