scholarly journals The regions in Bulgaria and the green economy - novelty or serious experience?

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 01017
Author(s):  
Stanka Delcheva
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Regional Development Policy ◽  
Transition Readiness ◽  
Programming Period

The report presents the regional development policy in Bulgaria after 2007 with focus of the stated and implemented support for application of a green economy transition’s instruments. The green economy is defined by relevant economic sectors and themes that add value to quality of life, reducing carbon emissions and creating jobs. Objective: to review the applying of instruments for transition to a green economy in the regions as part of regional development policy and promotion of the regions’ competitiveness. Methods: Descriptive analysis and review of documents were used; review of planning documents at regional and municipal level and analysis of the type of applied instruments for the transition to a green economy; comparative evaluation of the already applied instruments with the forecasts for the new programming period 2021-2027. Results: The applied in the period 2007 - 2020 instruments for supporting the transition to a green economy and their connection with the development of the regions in Bulgaria are traced. The results correlation of the already applied instruments with the approach envisaged in the programming period after 2021 has been assessed. Elements of the connection between transition readiness and the regions’ competitiveness are considered. Conclusions: Conclusions are drawn about the Bulgarian regions experience and capacities gained to exploit the potential and opportunities to increase competitiveness and well-being.

scholarly journals Success or Waste of Taxpayer Money? Impact Assessment of Rural Development Programs in Hungary

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 2158
Author(s):  
Zoltán Bakucs ◽  
Imre Fertő ◽  
Zsófia Benedek
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Perceived Quality Of Life ◽  
Development Support ◽  
Programming Period ◽  
The Impact

The effectiveness of support directed to less developed regions is a timely question more than halfway through the 2014–2020 programming period. We present an analysis of the impact of rural development support on the well-being of Hungarian LAU1 regions between 2008 and 2013. The aim was to measure the overall impact of all of the Rural Development Funds, covering all measures within the program. Two indices of local well-being were used: the multi-dimensional, local-variables-based Regional Development Index that measures the overall level of regional development and a simple, migration-based index as a proxy for perceived quality of life. Generalized propensity score matching, and difference-in-differences estimation techniques were employed to evaluate the impact of subsidies. Irrespective of how the amount of support was calculated, the measure of local well-being, or the methodology employed, the impact was not significant, and was sometimes even negative. This casts doubt on the effectiveness of Rural Development Policy in Hungary.

Region and place III

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Tomaney
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Political ◽  
Regional Development Policy ◽  
Alternative Measures

This report surveys the growing interest in understanding local and regional development in terms of its contribution to human well-being. It highlights the limits of traditional measures of development, notably GDP and its variants, and charts the search for alternative measures of development. It examines attempts to introduce a concern with well-being in local and regional development policy and the political barriers to achieving this.

Dimensions of Social Well-Being: Implications of Alternative Spatial Frames

1983 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 579-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
K W J McCracken
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Statistical Analyses ◽  
Theory Construction ◽  
Aggregated Data ◽  
Regional Development Policy ◽  
Spatial Frame ◽  
Factor Analytic

That the choice of spatial frame may have a significant impact on the results of statistical analyses of areally aggregated data is widely recognised in principle, but generally ignored in practice. Data relating to New Zealand are employed to investigate the effects of using alternative frames on factor analytic dimensions of regional social well-being and also the extent to which hypothesised causal influences of levels of well-being are frame specific. The implications of the findings for regional development policy and theory construction are briefly discussed.

scholarly journals Regional development programme: Unwanted child or useful helper?

Geografie ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
Miroslav Smejkal
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Development Programme ◽  
Check List ◽  
Regional Development Policy ◽  
Quantitative Identification ◽  
Interpretation Of Results

This paper focuses on analysis of development programmes of regions in Czechia. In the process of designing the regional development policy the regions specify their development priorities and the ways to implement them. The regional development programmes should mirror this process. The programmes are analysed in 3 steps; (i) the quantitative identification of differences and common attributes in the structure of programmes, (ii) the analysis of quality of programmes by means of a check-list of 22 questions, (iii) the interpretation of results of interviewing officials in charge at Regional Offices. Finally, recommendations for a better quality of programmes and thus for a better setting-up and implementation of regional development policy are proposed.

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