An analytical publication on the regional development of Poland (fourth edition), is prepared for the purposes of monitoring the National Strategy for Regional Development 2030. It covers the diagnosis of phenomena related to the monitoring of environmental threats, demographic processes, conditions for the development of human and social capital, economy and infrastructure, as well as the administrative potential of local governments (including their financial condition, territory space management). Provides a summary of the last year available and a retrospective from 2011, also with regard to 16. Reports on the socio-economic situation of voivodships, issued by regional statistical offices.

Quarterly information about labour market was compiled on the basis of generalised results of the representative Labour Force Survey (LFS), carried out in the 4th quarter of 2023, compared to the results of these surveys from the previous quarter and corresponding periods of 2022 and 2021. The study contains information about i.a. economic activity level of population by demographic and social characteristics, employed and economically inactive persons. Since 4th quarter of 2023, to generalise the survey results to the general population data on resident population from balances prepared on the basis of the results of National Housing and Population Census 2021 were used. Data for the period of the 1st quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2023 were calculated in accordance with the new basis for generalising results, therefore differ from these presented in the earlier editions of the signal study.