Linking Regions and Central Governments

Contracts for Regional Development

A trend toward decentralisation has meant that sub-national governments increasingly find themselves responsible for providing a host of public goods and services. Rarely, however, can they "go it alone". Co-ordination among levels of government is imperative. This book offers a unique analytic framework for assessing multi-level governance arrangements, which is subsequently applied to five case studies of regional development policy: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. The book reveals the importance of contractual arrangements for customised management of interdependencies, for clarifying responsibilities among actors, for dialogue, and for learning.

12 Apr 2007 200 pages English Also available in: French

https://doi.org/10.1787/9789264008755-en 9789264008755 (PDF)

Author(s): OECD