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Quel avenir pour les politiques de développement régional au Québec ? (Version mise à jour le 9 août 2004)

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  • Marcelin Joanis
  • Fernand Martin
  • Suzie St-Cerny

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This document presents a detailed analysis of the regional development issue in Quebec. First, it includes an analysis of the available regional economic data, which confirms the relative decline of "peripheral"" regions versus ""central"" regions. A critical survey of regional policies enforced during the XXth century and of regional development theories that inspired them is then presented. The authors also survey contemporary regional policies and institutions in Quebec and provide an overview of the situation elsewhere in Canada and of some international experiences. Towards suggesting policy prescriptions, the authors introduce regional policy issues that are relevant at the beginning of the XXIst century and the multiple lessons that can be drawn from the economic literature. They discuss the ""regional-international"" paradigm and the two major approaches to regional development - ""place prosperity"" and ""people prosperity"". The authors conclude by proposing a regional policy that covers all Quebec regions, differentiating between ""peripheral"" regions, the metropolitan region of Montreal and the ""adjacent-metropolitan"" region of Montreal. (Revised version on August 9th 2004 with a new Figure 14)" Ce document présente une analyse détaillée de la problématique du développement régional au Québec. Il comprend d'abord une analyse des données économiques régionales disponibles, qui confirme le déclin relatif des régions « périphériques » par rapport aux régions « centrales ». Une recension critique des politiques régionales appliquées au cours du XXe siècle et des théories du développement régional qui les ont inspirées est ensuite présentée. Les auteurs brossent également le tableau des politiques et institutions régionales contemporaines au Québec et offrent un survol de la situation ailleurs au Canada et de quelques expériences internationales. Avec pour objectif d'effectuer des recommandations aux gouvernements, les auteurs présentent les enjeux des politiques régionales au début du XXIe siècle ainsi que les multiples enseignements de la littérature économique dans ce domaine. Le paradigme « régional-international » et l'opposition entre les deux grandes approches de développement régional - la « prospérité des lieux » et la « prospérité des individus » - sont discutés. Les auteurs suggèrent enfin une politique régionale concernant l'ensemble du territoire québécois et différenciée entre les régions « périphériques », la région métropolitaine de Montréal et la région « métropolitaine-adjacente » de Montréal. (Version mise à jour le 9 août 2004 afin de corriger une erreur de manipulation de données à la figure 14 et dans le texte s'y rapportant)

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  • Marcelin Joanis & Fernand Martin & Suzie St-Cerny, 2004. "Quel avenir pour les politiques de développement régional au Québec ? (Version mise à jour le 9 août 2004)," CIRANO Project Reports 2004rp-05, CIRANO.
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