The report OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance 2020 was produced by the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, led by Director Lamia Kamal-Chaoui, as part of the Programme of Work of the Regional Development Policy Committee and its Working Party on Territorial Indicators. The report was managed and edited by Paolo Veneri, Head of the Territorial Analysis and Statistics Unit, under the supervision of Rudiger Ahrend, Head of the Economic Analysis, Statistics and Multi-level Governance Section. Lead authors for each of the chapters are Marcos Diaz Ramirez (Chapters 1 and 3), Eric Gonnard (Chapter 2), Claire Hoffmann (Chapters 1 and 3), Cem Ozguzel (Chapters 2 and 4) and Isabelle Chatry (Chapter 5). Chapters 1 and 2 benefitted from the contribution of Maria Paula Caldas, who also provided statistical support for the whole publication. Chapter 5 benefitted from the contribution by Charlotte Lafitte, Antti Moiso and Rose Camille Vincent. Lukas Kleine‑Rueschkamp provided drafting contributions throughout the entire report. Eric Gonnard designed and co-ordinated the country pages complementing the report.
The report and country pages benefitted from comments by the delegates of the Working Party on Territorial Indicators and OECD colleagues, in particular Andres Fuentes Hutfilter, Enrique Garcilazo, Gareth Hitchings, Alexander Lembcke, Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Carlo Menon, Ana Moreno-Monroy, Atsuhito Oshima, Tetsuji Sugayoshi. Comments by Professor Philip McCann (University of Sheffield) are also kindly acknowledged. Pilar Philip prepared the report for publication.