IThe problem of efficient functioning of the economy of Russian company towns is an absolute deterrent Russia's economic development in general. The main tool for monitoring and risk management in single municipalities currently serves comprehensive investment plan, developed on the basis of...

En un contexto de debate acerca del futuro de la sociedad rural en el Perú, esta publicación busca contribuir con algunas conclusiones y hallazgos de investigaciones realizadas en el seno del Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE). Aquí, se publican tres ponencias del Seminario...

This paper provides a review of research into financialisation of the environment, focusing on the role of financialisation in the interface between social and natural dimensions of sustainability, the geographical penetration of finance into environmental sectors, and its increasing control...

Innowacyjne propozycje dotyczace polityki rozwoju obszarow wiejskich na lata 2014–2020 moga przyniesc rezultaty w postaci wprowadzenia srodkow majacych na celu zwiekszenie zdolnosci panstw czlonkowskich UE do wspomagania przedsiebiorstw na obszarach wiejskich w uzyskiwaniu dostepu do funduszy,...

Present-day municipalities constitute important, dynamic, administrative and institutional entities which aim at developing local communities, tackling problems of peripherality and social cohesion and lifting exclusion. The primary aim of this survey is to investigate issues concerning Greek...

Much of the world's countries have large primate cities. It is not uncommon to observe primate cities that have one-third or more of the urbanized (or sometime total) population of their countries. These primate cities are often associated with many of the worst features of urban concentration....

This paper presents new evidence on urbanization using sub-county data for the United States from 1880-2000 and municipality data for Brazil from 1970-2000. We show that the two central stylized features of population growth for cities - Gibrat's Law and a stable population distribution - are...

This article is part of a research agenda in the financial aspects of regional development. Although this is not a new agenda, it is possible to say that it is not consolidate yet. The paper aims to analyze how distinct macroeconomic environment could affect the variation of credit among...

The impact in the long run of exchange rate is differentiated between the regions of a country or of a monetary zone. Nevertheless, very few theoretical or empirical work has been done in that field. On the one hand, standard international trade theory considers the national space as being...

This paper is a condensed version of an actual study commissioned in 2010 to the authors by the Administrative District of East Macedonia and Thrace. The proposed investment plan for the construction of the Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline (BAP) is a significant energy transportation project for...