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Institute for Workplace Studies-----------------Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor--------------------Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

 

REGIONS AT A GLANCE INTERACTIVE [DATA]

HOW REGIONS AND CITIES CONTRIBUTE TO INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND WELL-BEING OF SOCIETIES

http://rag.oecd.org/

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http://www.oecd.org/statistics/datalab/regions-interactive.htm

 

The objective of this site is to present regional and local statistics through interactive visualisations and for different levels of user need

 

COUNTRY PROFILES

http://rag.oecd.org/countryprofiles/

 

For each OECD member country, an interactive country profile describes regional dynamics, sub-national finance and metropolitan areas impacts to national economy. Compare your country profile with the other countries. Topics include:

Economy, Education, Employment, Social and Welfare Issues, Internet, International Migration, Regional, Rural and Urban Development, Science and Technology, Health, Innovation, Environment

 

EXPLORER TOOLS

http://rag.oecd.org/explorertools/

 

Use the web-tools OECD eXplorer and Metro eXplorer to compare demographic trends, economic, social and environmental performance of regions and metropolitan areas in OECD countries and to view interactive maps and other visual presentations of the regional database and the metropolitan database.

 

PUBLICATIONS

http://rag.oecd.org/publications/

 

The series OECD Regions at a Glance compares major regional patterns and trends across OECD countries and diffuses the statistical tools elaborated by the Working Party on Territorial Indicators for the analysis of regional economies.

 

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