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Regional Disparities in Small Countries
This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes is of timely importance. Regional Disparities in Small Countries presents a systematic discussion of the unique theoretical, methodological and measurement challenges in analyzing regional inequalities in small countries and a series of empirical analyses addressing the issue of regional convergence and divergence in these countries. With contributions from leading regional scientists and economists, this book also examines the policy experience of small countries in closing regional gaps and the effectiveness of public interventions in this field. see Reviews
Towards Cohesion Policy 4.0
In the context of the debate on the future of Europe, this book makes the case for a new approach to structural transformation, growth and cohesion in the EU. It explores both the opportunities and challenges from globalisation and technological change, the widening differences in productivity between leading and lagging regions, and the need for a new policy framework capable of delivering inclusive growth. The Regional Studies Association’s Policy Impact Books form a series of punchy, policy facing books addressing issues of contemporary concern. There is a consistent focus on the impact of policy research both in terms of its reach to policy, academic and practitioner communities and also in its significance, to show how evidence can inform policy change within regional and urban studies.
Cohesion Policy in Slovenia Over the Last 20 Years
Cohesion policy is recognised as a key financing instrument at the EU level to promote development with particular emphasis on those countries and regions that are lagging behind. There have been numerous studies looking into the role and rationale of cohesion policy at the EU level on the one hand and on its impact on both EU and national levels on the other (for overview refer to Wostner, 2009). Importance of the EU cohesion policy as regards its financial weight and consequences for the national and regional budgets and policy making in general however has been explored in less detail.This is the objective of this paper taking a long term perspective on a country case study. Slovenia participates in Cohesion policy and its predecessors for over 20 years, which appears to be a solid period to take a hindsight view. This is done both in qualitative terms as regards cohesion policy effects on the national policy making, as well as in terms of financial impact on development policy in Slovenia.
On the Character of the EU and Its Budget; Look Into the Future
The paper aspires to find the reasons for allegedly slow and inefficient decision-making in the EU and in doing so also tries to predict what the future challenges mean for the organisational structure of the EU. It argues that, due to asymmetric challenges, consensus should remain a European asset and that increased heterogeneity of preferences due to rising EU membership is in fact not the major culprit of inefficient decision-making. The paper shows that at least in the medium term the combination of another two factors should be blamed instead: firstly, the blurred division of responsibilities and secondly, the budgetary procedure, which gives incentives to the Member States to approve policies without (sufficient) value-added to the EU. The paper makes a concrete proposal how the budgetary process should be improved in order also to remedy the decision-making inefficiency problem.
OECD Rural Studies The Future of Rural Manufacturing
The Future of Rural Manufacturing provides insights on the transformations that have occurred in manufacturing across rural regions in recent decades. It describes opportunities and challenges in this context, highlighting those relating to climate and demographic change and digitalisation, as well as shifting patterns in globalisation.
Business Revolution in a Digital Era
This proceedings volume presents a selection of the best papers from the 14th International Conference on Business Excellence, Business Revolution in the Digital Era (ICBE 2020), held in Bucharest, Romania. The respective papers share the latest findings and perspectives on innovation in a turbulent business environment, and on improvements in economic, societal and technological structures and processes to help reach major sustainability goals.
Micro-Efficiency of the EU Cohesion Policy
Cohesion policy micro-efficiency is determined by institutional or absorption capacity of recipient regions and Member States which, in turn, co-determines the policy's macro-economic impact. The analysis shows that cohesion policy is not perceived as an quot;EU receipts maximising instrumentquot;, but instead that it is understood as a means to the set objectives, i.e. that it is about the genuine impact. At the same time however, the analysis also shows that proper change in the implementation systems is needed. The paper puts forward four proposals for improvements, the most radical of them, the quot;coordinated full decentralisationquot;, conceives cohesion policy as a bulk transfer of i...
