conclude that Colombian regions did not converge during this time. Although poorer regions grew at faster rates, the dispersion … markets that concentrated in the central regions of the country, and their integration to regional markets through the … development of both coastal regions, Pacific and the Caribbean, lagged behind those regions located in the center. We believe that …

The study is based on the critical observations that competitive market forces alone are not able to assure convergence … economic policy based on the principle of cohesion, which supports, by means of economic levers, the less developed regions and … member countries. Our paper deals with the evolution of the EU cohesion funds, as well as with the results of convergence …

period in Russian regions there existed un- conditional beta-convergence, poor regions grew faster than rich ones. This …The paper considers the influence of federal government expenditures and transfers on interregional convergence in … paper shows that in this period inequality of Russian regions in GRP per capita and wages was diminishing. In the given …

paper aims to identify the situation of inequality of Lithuania's regions, taking into consideration the most important … factors of regional economic growth and investments. Evaluation of regions by 15 criteria is carried out by a ranking method …. Results show a big disparity between regions. Significant Spearman correlation is found between FDI and total investment with …