European policy lessons in the process of regional transformation in Hungary

2002 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-219
Author(s):  
A. Szalavetz
Keyword(s):  
Structural Change ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Development Institutions ◽  
Regional Transformation ◽  
European Regional Policy ◽  
European Regional

The applicability of selected aspects of the European regional policy approach to Hungary is analysed in the present paper. The balanced approach of European regional development — one combining structural change with performance improvement of existing actors — is contrasted with the one-sided Hungarian approach — one restricting modernisation efforts to facilitating structural change and attracting new economic actors. The paper — funded by the INCO-Copernicus — argues that in order to achieve the required regional transformation, besides institution building, strengthening, i.e. “empowering”, existing regional development institutions is also necessary.

Origini e sfide della politica regionale comunitaria: dagli studi preliminari all'Atto unico europeo (1957-1986)

2009 ◽  
pp. 47-57
Author(s):  
Laura Grazi
Keyword(s):  
Regional Development ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
Development Fund ◽  
European Regional Development Fund ◽  
The Sixties ◽  
Single European Act ◽  
Community Programmes ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
European Regional

- The article describes the different stages which marked the elaboration of the EEC regional policy starting from the preliminary studies in the Sixties to the formal inclusion of this domain in the Single European Act (1986). The creation of the European Regional Development Fund (1975) and its reforms are crucial events in the definition of the EEC regional policy which highlight the slow and difficult passage from a system redistributing money among Member States to the launch of new form of supranational territorial solidarity. The ERDF, that was initially linked to the need to rearrange the financial benefits of membership/accession to the EEC for some members States (in particular, Italy and Great Britain), was later rearranged in order to allow more autonomous policy choices at the Community level (Community programmes). The Integrated Mediterranean Programmes, adopted in the Eighties, are the symbol of this new approach because they linked EEC regional measures to common problems arising from economic integration and increased the coordinating functions of the Commission.Parole chiave: Politica regionale della CEE, Commissione europea, Economie regionali, FESR, Programmi comunitari, PIM EEC Regional Policy; European Commission, Regional Economies, European Regional Development Fund, Community Programmes, Integrated Mediterranean Programmes

KIBS in the European regional policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 199-209
Author(s):  
José A. Camacho ◽  
Mercedes Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Regional Policy ◽  
European Regional Policy ◽  
European Regional

EU Regionalförderung: Ziele, Diagnose ihrer Wirkung und Empfehlungen für die Zukunft

2013 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Egger ◽  
Maximilian von Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Return On Investment ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Capacity Level ◽  
European Regional Policy ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
European Regional

AbstractIn this paper we summarize recent research on the effects of European regional policy. Results point to a positive effect of this policy on average. One Euro spent even tends to generate more than one Euro in return in terms of GDP. However, the response varies drastically across recipient regions. First of all, there is evidence of existence of an optimum funding ratio (funds allocated relative to recipient GDP) where one Euro invested generates one Euro of return. About 36 percent of the regions receive higher funding than that, where one Euro generates less than one Euro of return (and, eventually, no return at all). Second, there is evidence of a bigger return on investment in regions with higher absorptive capacity level - measured by human capital endowments and the quality of recipient institutions. Insufficient levels of absorptive capacity lead to a wash of the Union’s transfers. About 70 percent of the regions exhibit such an insufficient level of absorptive capacity.

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