Rural-Urban Partnerships
An Integrated Approach to Economic Development

Urban and rural areas enjoy different and often complementary assets, and better integration between them is important for socio-economic performance. This report provides a framework to understand the changing relationships between urban and rural areas. It is focused on one approach that can enhance and better manage rural-urban relationships – the use of rural-urban partnerships. Specifically, it documents the characteristics of these partnerships and the factors that can hinder as well as enable rural-urban co-operation. Different governance approaches to manage rural-urban relationships are identified and discussed. Finally, recommendations are provided to help national, regional and local policy makers to build effective and sustainable rural-urban partnerships for better economic development.
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A strategy to build effective rural-urban partnerships
Based on the analysis of the nature and implications of urban-rural interdependencies and on the governance arrangements that can be used to manage these relationships, this chapter provides a set of recommendations on how policy can help rural-urban partnership to form and to be effective.
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