Agricultural, quality agro-food, supply-chain and rural districts were introduced by Italian law in 2001. With reference to European structural policies, especially rural development policy, and to the districts' originality and relationship to the LEADER method and programmes, we wonder whether...

This paper goes back to the topic of collective efficiency (CE) in localproductive systems and paths of territorial development. In general terms, such CEneeds the integration of markets mechanisms with systemic conditions that have natureof public goods. The discussion of an extended framework...

The paper discusses the contemporary regional development of Bulgaria and regional financing by different national sources and European funds. The compliance with the EU requirements for attaining targeted results in specifically programmed priority areas is revealed as a driving force for...