Governing Regional Development Policy [electronic resource]: The Use of Performance Indicators /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Mizell, Lee.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2009.
This report examines both the challenges and the opportunities associated with designing and using indicator systems as a tool for the governance of regional development policy. It draws on the experiences of a number of OECD countries and provides an in-depth look at the cases of Italy, the United Kingdom (England), the United States and the European Union.  It builds on previous OECD work on the governance of  regional development policy by extending lessons about contractual relations among levels of government to performance indicator systems.  
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references.
Executive Summary - Introduction -- The Value of Indicator Systems for Managing Regional Development Policy -- Annexes -- US Economic Development Administration -- Designing Indicator Systems that Work -- Overall Benefits and Lessons Identified -- Factors that Hinder or Facilitate the Use of Indicator Systems -- The European Union Structural Funds -- The National Performance Reserve in Italy -- The English Regional Development Agencies.
This report examines both the challenges and the opportunities associated with designing and using indicator systems as a tool for the governance of regional development policy. It draws on the experiences of a number of OECD countries and provides an in-depth look at the cases of Italy, the United Kingdom (England), the United States and the European Union.  It builds on previous OECD work on the governance of  regional development policy by extending lessons about contractual relations among levels of government to performance indicator systems.  
Regional planning
Regional planning
Regional economics.
Regional economics