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|a 9789264199620
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|a OECD Territorial Reviews: Helsinki, Finland 2003
|h Elektronische Ressource
|c Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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|a Examens territoriaux de l'OCDE : Helsinki, Finlande 2003
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|a Paris
|b OECD Publishing
|c 2003
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|a 233 p.
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|a Urban Governance and Metropolitan Co-ordination -- Guaranteeing Social Inclusion -- Spatial Planning and Design -- Is Competitiveness Compatible with Egalitarian Norms? -- Assessment and Recommendations -- Annexes -- Regional Competitiveness with a Special Focus on the ICT Sector -- Fiscal Implications for Development -- Constraints and Potentials of Territorial Development
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|a Finland
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|a Governance
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|a Urban, Rural and Regional Development
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|a Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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|a OECD Books and Papers
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|a /10.1787/9789264199620-en
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|a The Greater Helsinki Region emerged from the 1990s as an internationally competitive economy. This review examines the factors contributing to this success and the new development challenges it has created. One critical policy question is the Finnish dependence on the telecom/mobile industry. The current strategic positioning of the Finnish ICT cluster builds on a high-return/high-risk scenario. Long-term regional competitiveness requires a more focused strategy of diversification, i.e. developing ICT activities beyond the current cluster scope. Social inclusion is another crucial issue. Persistent unemployment among the less educated population and growing income disparities are calling for the restructuring of past policies. The Greater Helsinki Region needs to find ways to promote new opportunities of social cohesion. Rapid population growth has resulted from greater economic competitiveness requiring renewed commitment to managed growth and compact development. All of these challenges create needs for greater metropolitan co-ordination that are examined in turn
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