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Regional Development Composite Index
Regional Development Composite Index
Regional Development Composite Index - 2008
19 April 2011

Summary
The Regional Development Composite Index is the joint effect of the regional performance in the three components of development – competitiveness, cohesion and environmental quality. The 2008 results on the overall index of regional development show that only three NUTS 3 level regions stood above the national average: Grande Lisboa (in a clear way, having exceeded the national average in the three components of development), Pinhal Litoral (as the result of a performance above the national average in cohesion and environmental quality) and Minho-Lima (exceeding the national average in environmental quality and having a score above 95 in competitiveness and cohesion); the performance of Baixo Vouga and Beira Interior Sul stood slightly below the national average. Regarding competitiveness, the index shows an opposition between coastal regions (more competitive) and Inland regions. As for cohesion, the index displays a more balanced country than the one resulting from the competitiveness index, with the Mainland centre sub-regions showing more cohesion than the Northern and Southern sub-regions and the autonomous regions. In what concerns environmental quality, the results suggest a reversed territorial pattern in relation to competitiveness – the coast showing, in general, less environmental quality.
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