The EU's Cohesion Policy (CP) intends to promote European economic, social, and territorial cohesion. The policy … literature on the impacts of Cohesion Policy and the results of evaluations. …

prevailing disparities. The impact of EU Cohesion Policy in reducing disparities is studied based on the empirical evidence on … effectiveness of EU Cohesion Policy, this chapter advocates for an improved policy design and a shift in emphasis towards local …

Recent papers show that the impact of Cohesion Policy is not uniform in space but larger, smaller or insignificant … often larger in those regions which are less in need of support. In terms of policy consequence, cohesion policy should …