OECD Territorial Reviews: Korea 2001


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OECD's territorial review of Korea.




OECD Territorial Reviews: Seoul, Korea 2005


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This OECD Territorial Review examines how Seoul – a city of 10.3 million people at the core of a capital region of 22.5 million people – is striving to upgrade its positioning from a gigantic national capital towards a 'world city' and a business hub in Northeast Asia.







OECD Territorial Reviews OECD Territorial Reviews: Busan, Korea 2005


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This Territorial Review of Busan, Korea examines the regions trends and capacities, assesses its regional competitiveness, and makes recommendations for policy improvements.




Trends in Urbanisation and Urban Policies in OECD Countries What Lessons for China?


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This report presents an overview of trends in urban policies in OECD countries with the objective to identify successes and failure that could inform national Chinese policy-makers in their preparation of an Urbanisation Strategy.




OECD Reviews of Health Systems OECD Reviews of Health Care Systems: Korea 2003


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How can the performance of the Korean health care system be improved? How have the July 2000 health sector reforms affected performance? This book investigates a set of policy challenges concerning the type of government interventions that are ...




OECD Rural Studies Perspectives on Decentralisation and Rural-Urban Linkages in Korea


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The economic development of Korea is widely considered as a success story. Yet, as the country joins the ranks of the world’s most advanced economies, its rapid pace of development has not fully reached every part of its territory. The pace of urbanisation, particularly around Seoul, has placed mounting pressure on the capital’s quality of life, while in rural regions the country’s success has felt distant.







OECD Territorial Reviews: Stockholm, Sweden 2006


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OECD's comprehensive territorial review of Stockholm. It finds Stockholm to be on the the most successful - but not unchallenged - regions. While there is no crisis on the horizon, there are a number of weaknesses that could undermine the region’s ...