TY - BOOK ID - 7543158 TI - OECD Territorial Reviews: Canada 2002 AU - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. AU - Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development PY - 2002 SN - 1280006072 9786610006076 9264176306 9264198326 9789264176300 PB - Paris : OECD Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Canada -- Economic conditions -- 1991-. KW - ocial planning --Canada. KW - Social planning --Canada. KW - Sustainable development -- Canada. KW - Sustainable development KW - Social planning KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Social development planning KW - Planning KW - Economic history. KW - Canada KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy. KW - History, Economic KW - Economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7543158 AB - OECD's Territorial Review of Canada. It finds that Canada is composed of three macroregions: a southern ribbon with all the important metropolitan areas, a zone of rural and non-metropolitan adjacent regions and a sub-continent of remote northern territories. Disparities between these macroregions persist and may even be growing. Opportunities for growth areĀ lost because of these imbalances and also because specific regional advantages are not fully tapped. In many regions, weak local governance is hindering the emergence of local grass-roots projects, diffusion of R&D results to SMEs is slow and dialogue between higher education institutions and firms is poor. This report underlines the need for federal agencies and sectoral departments to continuously assess the consistency of their policies with regard to the three macroregions in order to enhance territorial cohesion and better tailor programmes to local conditions. More federal involvement in metropolitan issues notably through negotiated planning could help to institutionalise and strengthen urban policies. This report also emphasises the significant overhauling of rural policies that took place recently. It underlines that in certain areas such as amenities a strategic approach is still to be defined. Resolving governance issues is a priority in the north. ER -