OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2018

Chapter 1. Regions as drivers of national competitiveness1

Changing patterns of regional disparities

Regional economic disparities and regional convergence

Productivity differences and productivity growth in regions

Where do productivity gains occur?

Spatial productivity differences within and across regions

Innovation in regions: R&D and patents

Entrepreneurship in regions

Rural-urban differences in firm creations

Capital regions as drivers of economic activity and firm creations

New firms’ employment creation in regions

Note

← 1. The data in this chapter refer to regions in OECD and non-OECD countries. Regions are classified on two territorial levels reflecting the administrative organisation of countries. Large (TL2) regions represent the first administrative tier of subnational government. Small (TL3) regions are contained in a TL2 region.