Cohesion Fund threw environmental conservation and transport infrastructure helps to diminish social and economic differences between our country and more developed European Union countries, also helps to preserve and achieve highest standards of environmental quality. Cohesion Fund was...

Incidentų, susijusių su priešgaisrinės tarnybos veikla, skaičius Lietuvoje nuolat auga. Remiantis statistikos duomenimis, šiuo metu kaimo vietovėse gaisrų skaičius beveik sutampa su miesto, todėl savivaldybių priešgaisrinių tarnybų vaidmuo didėja. Pagrindinis darbo tikslas –...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama ES fondų finansinės paramos žemės ūkio subjektų veiklos plėtros galimybėms ekonominis efektyvumas. Susisteminus išanalizuotą lietuvių ir užsienio mokslinę literatūrą, atskleidžiamas skirtingas ekonomikos teorijų atstovų požiūris į...

Does trust in national institutions foster or hinder trust in the institutions of the European Union (EU)? There is no agreement in the literature on popular support for the EU about the direction of the relationship between trust in national and European institutions. Some scholars argue that...

The dominant paradigm characterizes European Parliament (EP) elections as second-order national elections. Scholars adhering to this view (for example, Marsh, 2008; Reif and Schmitt, 1980; Schmitt, 2005) not only identify these elections as less important, but also emphasize that low turnout in EP...

This paper examines the Progress Report for Albania’s National Strategy for Socio-Economic Development (NSSED). 2002 was the first year of implementing the NSSED. The implementation process has been oriented toward achieving the annual objectives and in accordance with the program of...

Water projects are typically evaluated using benefit cost analysis. Ecosystem services are the direct and indirect benefits that people obtain from ecosystems. Many of these benefits are ignored in benefit cost analysis, because of the absence of markets and the limited information or...

Access to improved water supply, sanitation, and hygiene results in economic development and poverty reduction; ensures food safety and better livelihoods; preserves the environment; reduces health burden; improves school enrollment and retention rates, especially for girls; and empowers...

Research on the impact of water projects (dams or floodgates) on river hydrology and the surrounding environment is important in river basin management. However, it is a difficult scientific issue due to its complexity. Huai River Basin is a unique region in China with high densities in both...