The cohesion policy of the European Union represents a significant part of its budget and delivers interventions across all regions of the EU. There is little consensus on its efficiency, and its links to fostering convergence on the regional level are uncertain. Nevertheless, regions were shown...

This chapter presents the successive stages to make changes in the Polish development policy after 1989. The national administration reform of 1990 in the Third Commonwealth of Poland restored the local government after 40 years of non-existence during the time of Polish People's Republic...

The general objective of this study is to evaluate regional disparities and the territorial convergence under the impact of the cohesion policy, in the context of the European Union integration. The specific objectives on which the research included in this work focused are the following:...

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...

This paper exploits a new database that is unique in its scale and scope containing detailed information on over two million projects carried out by one million firms that benefited from the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund in 25 EU member...

This paper deals with specific issues concerning the relationship of regional development strategies and EU integration of the 'Accession Countries' of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs). In this context the specific role of pre-accession regional development support and the future regional and...