The Future of Rural Manufacturing
The Future of Rural Manufacturing provides insights on the transformations that have
occurred in manufacturing across rural regions in recent decades. It describes opportunities
and challenges in this context, highlighting those relating to climate and demographic
change and digitalisation, as well as shifting patterns in globalisation. With support
from the European Commission, the project combines a wide range of both quantitative
and qualitative analysis. The former examines broad trends in manufacturing performance
across OECD rural (TL3) regions between 2000 and 2019, with deeper dives that draw
on more granular microdata in 14 OECD countries. Case studies were conducted across
12 regions in Slovenia, Germany, Italy, and France. They comprised interviews with
over 300 local, regional, and national actors across government, private sector, universities,
research institutes, NGOs and non-profit community organisations. The project also
benefited from foresight and futures workshops conducted in January and July 2022
with experts and policymakers across OECD countries.
Published on October 31, 2023
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