This paper aims at providing empirical evidence of the impact of Structural Funds on the economies of Italian Objective 1 Regions (the "Mezzogiorno"). In particular, we consider the effect in terms of economic growth of the 1994-1999 Community Support Framework by using a simple supply-side...

The position of Polish agriculture in the global food market. The Polish food sector in the first years of membership. The monitoring and analysis of changes in the Polish food supply chain. Polish agricultural holdings in the first years of membership – efficiency and competitiveness. The...

Remarks on the preparation and implementation of agricultural and rural development programmes. Legal and organisational problems. Substantive assessment of PROW-2013 as compared to the previous programmes. Conclusions from the remarks on the preparation and implementation of agricultural and...

Village, as global resource of rural tourism, will be the subject of socio-economic effects by making its elements useful for tourism. Small settlements of the province faced a greater risk of losing the viability because they are not capable of handling multiple services that currently require...

Structural Funds audit is a requirement in the contract for financing the project and provides a range of activities such as: • analyze and verify the nature, legality and regularity of expenditure; verify the use of amounts received as advance; • auditing of third parties, dealing specially...

Sustainable development is the development that is corresponding to present needswithout compromising the future generations‘ possibilities in satisfying their own needs. Togetherwith Romania adhering to the European Union the concept of sustainable development is a priorityno matter the area...

If the entire class of young NEETs would be integrated into work, Romania's GDP would increase by 2%. Faulty implementation of SOP HRD 2007-2013 failed to combat the economic crisis. Thus, at the end of 2013 Romania had over 400,000 young people NEET. In addition to short-term effect of...

Environmental protection is one of the major challenges of the modern world. However, a different situation can be observed in Poland. The document which sets out the aims and objectives to be achieved in this area is the National Environmental Policy. The article presents what the main goals of...

Numerous economists believe that structural funds provided by the European Union can be the means by which the economy can recover from the present crisis. Popular belief seems to also support this thesis. However, we consider that only economic reasoning can validate such a conclusion and that...

Small and medium size enterprises make 99,3% of all Lithuanian enterprises, which ought to sustain their competitive advantage in the enlarging global market and apply it to attain the micro and macro economic goals of the country. This investigative paper thoroughly evaluates EU Structural...