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Title

Strategies to improve rural service delivery.

Publication

Paris : OECD, c2010.

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Additional Authors

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Description

120 p. : ill., map; 23 cm.

Summary

The service sector, in aggregate, now dominates total employment and value-added in OECD countries, accounting for more than 70% of these two measures, and continues to increase in importance. While services may play a slightly smaller role in rural regions than in urban areas, they are the dominant component of the rural economy. It is clear that a vibrant service sector is both vital for a prosperous local economy and crucial for meeting the needs of rural citizens.  This book provides an overview of the underlying problems in delivering services to rural regions.  It contains a conceptual structure for thinking about rural service delivery problems and a strategy for thinking about the role of government in service delivery, as well as a discussion of the role that innovation and public management tools like co-design and co-delivery can play in designing better service delivery approaches.  Also included are examples of different, successful policy strategies drawn from OECD countries.   Also available The New Rural Paradigm: Policies and Governance (2006) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Germany (2007) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Mexico (2007) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Finland (2008) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: The Netherlands (2008) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: China (2009) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Italy (2009) OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Spain (2009)   OECD Rural Policy Reviews: Québec, Canada (forthcoming)  

Series Statement

OECD rural policy reviews, 1990-9284

Uniform Title

OECD reviews of rural policy

Subject

• Social service, Rural
• Rural development
• Local Government

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available in an electronic version via the Internet. Subscriber address as at 4 May 2010: http://www.sourceoecd.org/9789264083950.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview -- The Service Delivery Challenge in Rural Areas -- Governance and Public Service Delivery in Rural Areas -- Designing Services for Rural Communities.

ISBN

• 9789264083950 (print)
• 9264083952 (print)
• 9789264083967 (pdf)
• 9264083960 (pdf)

OCLC

• 610722330
• SCSB-11478540

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library