OECDOECDCompetitiveness FOR

REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

RREGIONAL EGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS

1. Trends

2. A new paradigm for regional policies

TRENDS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Disparities Persisting But

Changing profile

Geographic disparities

Index of Gini 2001

0.060.090.09

0.100.110.110.120.120.120.130.130.130.130.140.140.150.150.150.15

0.170.180.18

0.190.21

0.230.27

0.32

0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 0.35 0.40

SwedenJapan

GreeceNetherlands

AustraliaFinlandFranceNorwayIrelandSpain

DenmarkCzech Republic

United StatesGermany

ItalyAustria

PortugalOECD average

CanadaHungary

United KingdomKorea

BelgiumPoland

Slovak RepublicMexicoTurkey

Centre-West

South-Southeast

Centre

Northwest

Northeast

TERRITORIAL DISPARITIES

> The incidence of poverty across regions

32 %

70 %

Disparities

Mexico’s Extreme Territorial Challenges

DispersionConcentration

Centre-West

South-Southeast

Centre

Northwest

Northeast

5258

6470

7682

88

Years

GDP per capita in Italian provinces (1952 - 1996)

1971 1996

LLMAs by employment rate dynamic areas

TRENDS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Disparities Persisting But

Changing profile

Regions

Fragmented

But Enlarging

TRENDS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Disparities Persisting But

Changing profile

Regions

Fragmented

But Enlarging

Devolution Spread But

Diversified patterns

RREGIONAL EGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS COMPETITIVENESS

1. Trends

2. A new paradigm for regional policies

PARADIGM SHIFT IN REGIONAL POLICIES

Traditional

Regional Policies Competitiveness

Enhancing Policies

Objectives

Balancing economic performances by temporarily compensating

for disparities

Tapping under-utilised regional potential for

competitiveness

Strategies Sectoral approach Integrated development

projects

Tools Subsidies and state aids Soft and hard infrastructures

Actors Central government Different levels of government

1,294municipios de Alta y Muy Alta

Marginación

19.9millones de personas habitan

en Microrregiones

Microrregiones

Fuente: CONAPO 2000

13municipios de marginación

relativa en 5 estados del país

27municipios con 40% o más de hablantes de lengua indígena

1,334municipios

19.9millones de habitantes

31estados

1,334municipios

263microrregiones

99,891localidades

62,238localidades con menos

de 50 habitantes

the Microregions strategy in Mexico