The effectiveness of policies of «tax advantages» in Italian weak areas' favour has to be evaluated taking into account the general framework of law on «fiscal federalism». Within such a framework, income tax is prevalent: the territorial distribution of this tax revenue depends largely on...

The aim of this research is to investigate through empirical and primary data the possibility of design and implementation of development policies and partnerships in the South Eastern Europe especially in the areas of Bari and Varna. Specifically, this research is based on data extracted from...

Turning away from a critical analysis of inter-municipal authorities which remains mainly based on their inability to meet some expected<np pagenum="184"/> results (economies of scale, streamlining of policies, functional and social diversity, redistribution of resources) this article focuses on the outcomes of...

""Ghana’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS II; November, 2005) which spans the period 2006 – 2009 intends to shift the strategic focus of the country’s development agenda from the direct anti-poverty objectives of the GPRS I to a more growth-oriented strategy. The...

The article examines the capacity of four medium-sized cities in Southern Europe, concerning the current situation of their assets (agglomeration economies, urban infrastructures, factors of labor and cost, etc.), the degree of development policies implementation and effectiveness by local...

While economists continue to debate whether individual economic policies, such as those contained in Willliamsons (1993) Washington Consensus, can help to spur growth in developing countries, this paper demonstrates that it is groups of policies that are more critical for growth. Policy...

The aim of this paper is to analysis the impact of the policies of development and investments in the food industry at geographical and enterprises levels. We will analysis how the different geographical areas inside the Italian region Emilia-Romagna are sensitive to the development policies. A...

Ecuador is immersed, since the adoption of the 2008 Constitution, in a process of economic, social and political changes, following the steps on their path to a more equal, post-extractive and democratic society. The main tool for this purpose, the National Strategy for the «Buen Vivir» (Good...

The issue of public expenditure used to reduce our Country's imbalances and of the aims to be pursued in order to achieve such reduction, as well as of the way such aims could be accomplished, has been tackled since development policies for the Mezzogiorno started. This issue has been left over...

The «urban regeneration» which is emerging today in Italy was founded in the wake of a line which has risen in Great Britain since the mid-70s of the twentieth century. Among the many European experiences, those of Glasgow and Bilbao are cited, where between the middle and the end of the '80s...