The capacity of structural funds absorption is a priority for the member states of the European Union which accessed the EU in 2004 and 2007, but slowing rates of the absorption capacity of these funds were noticed in comparison to the absorption rates of pre-accession funds. Within the context...

Most Central and Eastern European countries have encountered problems in attracting EU structural funds in the post accession period. This paper analyzes the CEE absorption capacity of EU structural funds in 2007-2010, focusing on the case of Romania. Romania recorded at the end of 2010 the...

This paper analyzes the Romanian absorption capacity of the funds allocated through the REGIO programme, which is part of ERDF programme. Within the paper are presented the concept of absorption capacity and several opinions regarding its main composing elements. Also the Regio programme, its...

Statement by Dr. Raghuram Rajan on taking office on September 4, 2013. [RBI Press release].

In the moment when approaching of Republic of Croatia to the European Union is pretty obvious, stakeholders on various levels, in the counties, towns, municipalities and stakeholders from various spheres of socio-economic life, are putting attention on necessity of use of the EU funds. Regarding...

The importance of ensuring high levels of absorption for the structural and cohesion funds, especially in the deprived regions, is crucial. In such a context, there have been identified the drivers of and possible difficulties associated to the absorption capacity of a Member State and its...

The author of the article attempts to analyze and evaluate the enterprise-development interventions proposed by the “New Széchenyi Plan” (development programme of the new Hungarian government) by using the experience on former development plans and programmes, reflecting to the so far...

This paper identifies the transformation that occurred in the Romanian agriculture as a result of the accession in the European Union. On this line, the geographic structure, social and economic effects of agriculture integration and the direction of the Romanian agriculture development have...