Absorption of EU funds remains, in the sixth year of integration, a key objective of regional policy in Romania. Regional Operational Program (ROP) represents the most important instrument of regional policy, which it can compare and assess the situation and the forecast made of the projects...

In agreement with the European Economic and Social Cohesion Policy, Romania promotes regional policy aiming generally on long term to reduce disparities in regional development and country areas. Despite efforts by public authorities to implement the ROP and despite the implementation of a Plan...

Structural instruments are financial instruments that the EU acts to eliminate disparities and achieve economic and social cohesion between the regions of Europe. The main feature is that the structural instruments will be used to finance individual projects not to fund development programs.

Programs ECHO and OBNOVA was fi rst assistance programs which the European Union pursued in the Republic of Croatia in the period since 1991 to 2000. These programs have greatly helped in the return of refugees, reconstruction of war-torn areas, humanitarian action, and freedom of speech....

The regional landscape in Europe has changed during the last decades. After a period of conversion, processes of diversion has reentered the scene. In the aftermath of the economic crisis South European countries and regions have suffered due to declining economic activity. The trend toward...

Changing pattern of global specialization and trade has affected the regional economic landscape in Europe significantly during the last decades, often even more than endogenous factors or policy measures. After a period of conversion, processes of diversion has reentered the scene, particularly...

The economy of Paraíba has changed is productive and social structure. This paper aims to describe this process highlighting the recent economic changes and its relationship with regional and national economy. The demographic and productive structures demonstrate the possible internal...

East Asia is a region of great global significance, currently accounting for around 30% of the global economy by most measures, e.g. production, trade, investment and finance. It has also become increasingly integrated in various ways. Integration at the micro-level has steadily progressed since...

This paper evaluated the role of infrastructure on the productivity of industries in the Brazilian mesoregions. We found that infrastructure positively affects the efficiency of industries, although due to the size of the estimated coefficients, this influence is small. Considering the average...

Die Corona-Pandemie 2020 dominiert überwiegend die öffentliche Diskussion hinsichtlich ihrer wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Auswirkungen. Nicht vergessen werden sollte dabei allerdings, dass auch auf die Themen demografischer Wandel, Zukunft der Globalisierung, Nachhaltigkeit und...