OECD Territorial Reviews The Chicago Tri-State Metropolitan Area, United States

Foreword......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Table of contents......Page 9
Acronyms and abbreviations......Page 15
Assessment and recommendations......Page 19
Chapter 1 Assets and challenges for the Tri-State Metropolitan Region’s competitiveness......Page 37
1.1. Chicago: a large metropolitan region straddling three states......Page 41
1.2. A wealthy global Metro-Region with key assets......Page 46
1.3. Constraints to regional growth......Page 67
1.4. Responding to environmental and economic challenges through the green economy......Page 96
1.5. Conclusion: towards a regional vision for the Chicago Tri-State Metro-Region......Page 100
Notes......Page 103
Bibliography......Page 107
Chapter 2 Matching skills to jobs in the Tri-State Region......Page 111
2.1. The region’s workforce is ageing and fragmented......Page 114
2.2 The training system: multiple programmes and players with little policy co-ordination......Page 116
2.3. The result: a mismatch between skills supply and demand......Page 126
2.4. A way forward: greater co-ordination and deeper private-public engagement......Page 132
Notes......Page 144
Bibliography......Page 147
ANNEX 2A.1......Page 149
Chapter 3 Innovation and entrepreneurship in the Tri-State Region......Page 155
3.1. The Tri-State Region’s innovation ecosystem and policies......Page 160
3.2. Broaden the innovation focus......Page 175
3.3. Public-Private-Partnerships for innovation: adapting to the knowledge economy......Page 178
3.4. Capitalising on federal innovation support programmes......Page 180
Notes......Page 188
Bibliography......Page 191
Chapter 4 Transportation and logistics in the Tri-State Region......Page 195
4.1. The economic potential of the Tri-State Region’s hub......Page 197
4.2. Main challenges facing the hub......Page 211
4.3. A way forward: a planning and financing toolkit for the region’s hub......Page 219
Notes......Page 229
Bibliography......Page 230
Chapter 5 Increasing the Tri-State Region’s competitiveness through green growth......Page 233
5.1. The growth potential of the green economy......Page 237
5.2. Sectoral opportunities for green jobs, green firms and urban attractiveness......Page 242
5.3. Making workforce and innovation policies work for green growth......Page 260
5.4. Multi-level governance mechanisms to increase green growth......Page 268
Notes......Page 272
Bibliography......Page 274
Chapter 6 Effective institutional arrangements in the Tri-State Region......Page 281
6.1. Main challenges......Page 283
6.2. Tri-State collaboration to drive growth......Page 294
6.3. Implementing the vision: ongoing institutional capacity and political engagement......Page 308
Notes......Page 312
Bibliography......Page 315