OECD Territorial Reviews: Canada 2002

OECD's Territorial Review of Canada. It finds that Canada is composed of three macroregions: a southern ribbon with all the important metropolitan areas, a zone of rural and non-metropolitan adjacent regions and a sub-continent of remote northern territories. Disparities between these macroregi...

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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Corporate Author (corporate author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2002.
Colección:OECD Territorial Reviews,
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Assessment and Recommendations; Chapter 1. Territorial Trends and Disparities; Main economic trends at the territorial level; Box 1. Geography, population and the administrative structure of Canada; Comparative advantages and main challenges faced by regions; Notes; Chapter 2. Territorial Development Strategies and Policies; Trends in regional policy; The implementation of regional policies: agency profiles and achievements; National programmes with territorial impacts: the case of infrastructure and information...; To sum up; Notes; Chapter 3. The Challenges of Urban Policymaking
  • Main policies for urban areasRethinking federal urban policy; Notes; Chapter 4. Policies for Rural Regions and Northern Territories; Policies for predominantly rural regions; Policies for the Northern territories; Aboriginal people: challenges and policies; Notes; Chapter 5. Fiscal Federalism and Metropolitan Reforms; Institutional background; Fiscal federalism (revenue and expenditure decentralisation); Fiscal equalisation; Social Assistance and Employment Insurance; Reforms in active labour market policies; Municipal governance; Amalgamation in metropolitan areas; Conclusions; Notes
  • Bibliography