OECD Regions at a Glance 2013
This fifth edition of OECD Regions at a Glance shows how regions and cities contribute to national growth and the well-being of societies.It updates its regular set of region-by-region indicators, examining a wide range of policies and trends and identifying those regions that are outperforming or lagging behind in their country. The report covers all 34 OECD member countries, and, where data are available, Brazil, China,Colombia, India, the Russian Federation and South Africa.
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Impact of the crisis on unemployment in metropolitan areas
In many countries, the difficult labour market conditions resulting from the economic crisis have been persistent also in metropolitan areas. The unemployment rate in metropolitan areas rose more in the period 2008-2012 than it did in the previous 8 years in 26 of the 28 OECD countries (). In Athens and Thessaloniki (the two metropolitan areas of Greece), the unemployment rate increased on average 5 percentage points annually between 2008 and 2012, reaching 25% of unemployed in 2012 ().
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