Statistical characterization of the SME’s sector contribution to the development of the national economy involves the calculation and analysis of some adequate indicators (enterprises number, occupied population, turnover, investments volume etc.) The analysis of the model proposed in this...

Development disparities between regions and within Romania have existed both in the period before Romania joined the European Union and after January 1, 2007. This phenomenon has gained momentum because of the impact of economic restructuring, particularly in mono-industrial areas, whose...

The economically active population is part of the human potential of a country or a region and constitutes the available labour force involved in the production and provision of goods and services. The active population is one of the main production factors, but it is also accompanied by other,...

This paper focuses on the changes in regional specialization and geographic concentration of economic activities, which occurred in Romania from 1995 to 2009. The study mainly highlights the evolution of agriculture, as economic activity. The evolution of regional specialization and geographic...

This paper highlights some peculiarities of labour market in the urban and rural areas, both at national level and at the level of the eight development regions of Romania. Moreover, the paper underlines the implications of the regions’ degree of urbanisation on employment and economic...

In this paper, we assumed to analyze the distribution of SMEs in regional structure for the year 2012. The importance of those enterprises in the national economy after 1999 is confirmed by their more and more addition to the economic growth, the creation of new work places, the intensification...

The period of continuous economic growth that has characterized Romania in the 2000s, linked to the easing of monetary policy begun in 2005, determined the commercial banks to adopt extensive strategies. This paper aims to demonstrate that those strategies were based less on economic reasons,...

Various programmes and strategies in South Africa aim to reduce poverty. The Integrated Sustainable Rural Development Programme (ISRDP) is a sustained campaign against rural poverty and underdevelopment, implemented in 13 nodes selected on account of their poverty, lack of infrastructure and...

Identifying anti-crisis solutions represents one of the main objectives of central and local government bodies. The rigidity of the administrative structures has as a main results the incapacity of this system to react in an active and flexible manner, to the fluctuations that are been generated...

Identification of potential investment of the countries in the current context is one of the main important problem of the world economy because the investments, particularly foreign ones, is considered the key factor for economic growth and development. Foreign direct investments are an...