Policies to increase Córdoba's competitiveness

This chapter describes Córdoba’s economic profile, its strategic sectors for regional development and competitiveness and the contribution of the province to Global Value Chains (GVCs). Building on modern perspectives of regional development, the chapter analyses the four policy areas with a regional/provincial dimension that present bottlenecks to provincial competitiveness and productivity, namely: i) the potential of infrastructure to reduce production costs and increase the attractiveness of the province as well as promote social inclusion to reduce regional inequalities ii) the private sector activity and the role of SMEs iii) education policies to strengthen human capital and promote inclusion and meet the private and public sector skills-demand and iv) how innovation can upgrade and diversify economic activities. The chapter concludes by suggesting policy recommendations to boost Córdoba’s competitiveness.