Creating more and better quality jobs is key to boosting growth, reducing poverty and increasing social cohesion. At the national level, job creation requires a stable macroeconomic framework coupled with structural policies that encourage innovation, skills and business development. But how can national and local policies be better aligned and tailored to specific local opportunities and challenges?

This report provides guidance on how policy makers can bolster local job creation and achieve sustainable inclusive growth, while meeting challenges such as youth unemployment, population ageing and climate change. Some of the key messages highlighted include the need to:

1. Boost skills supply and demand to create quality local jobs;
2. Support enterprise development and growth to create jobs; and
3. Build adaptable local economic strategies and systems.