Convergence and economic integration of CEECs through EU regional policy system

Savić, Zvonimir; Drvenkar, Nataša; Drezgić, Saša

doi:10.1080/1331677x.2023.2188407

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“…Besides the major war suffering, the occupation of the territory, the Republic of Croatia did not have the opportunity to establish effective regional development in a functioning environment for many years and had a longer way to full EU membership compared to other countries that peacefully separated from the former "socialist state entities". As Pickles (2008 but also Savić, Drvenkar & Drezgić, 2023) notes, the transition processes had a significant impact on social and economic development, as did the specifics of conversion and privatization carried out during (and after) the aggression against the Republic of Croatia. Vranjican (2005) emphasizes that from a developmental perspective, the economy of the Republic of Croatia was in decline for several decades, making this literally the "tragic record" of Croatian independence.…”

Section: The Institutional Framework Of Regional Policies In the Eu M...mentioning

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“…Their intention was to join the EU and "catch up" with the developed EU member states. The establishment of market-oriented economies in the early 1990s and the institutional, economic, and social linkages of these countries to the developed EU members were almost most important for their economic growth and development (Savić, Drvenkar & Drezgić, 2023;Drvenkar, Marošević & Unukić, 2023;Chamusca, Marques, Moreno Pires & Teles, 2022;Blažek, & Kveton, 2022;Casula, 2020;Stough, 2019;Lakshmann & Button, 2009in: Capello & Nijkamp, 2019Voigt, 2019;Constantin, Goschin & Dragan, 2011;Berend, 2011). Also, geographical location of underdeveloped regions should not be ignored (Rodríguez-Pose & Wilkie 2019), because often underdeveloped regions are located far from developed regions, i.e., on the periphery of the home country (Nilsen, Grillitsch & Hauge (2023).…”

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Territory, Networking and Regional Policies: Regional Development Agencies of the Post-Transition Eu Member States

Drvenkar,

Cota,

Unukić

2024

DIEM Dubrovnik International Economic Meeting

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RDAs - regional development agencies have a long development path in Europe since the early 1960s until today. RDAs are directed to the regions of the countries that implement it, but it also applies to the national level as well as to the level of the EU (which comes to the fore with the country's accession to full membership). In addition to the significant differences in the level of development of the regions of the EU Member States, there are also significant differences in the development of the regions of 11 post-transition EU Member States (Bulgaria, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Croatia). Because they all belonged to the former "socialist bloc of countries" and broke their state alliances with the former states in the early 1990s, as well as because they did not have the same historical circumstances or the same timing for joining the EU, all this had and still has an important role on the uneven development of their regions. But, RDAs do not play the same role and importance in all post-transition countries, which reflects the specificity of their regional development management systems and makes it necessary to examine the role and importance of RDAs' work. This paper will analyze: 1) the role and development of RDAs in post-transition EU member states, and 2) the institutional framework of RDAs with an attempt to find innovative transformations of the role of RDAs that respect the framework of EU regional policies.

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Territory, Networking and Regional Policies: Regional Development Agencies of the Post-Transition Eu Member States

Drvenkar,

Cota,

Unukić

2024

DIEM Dubrovnik International Economic Meeting

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In Search of Income Convergence and Ideal Distribution – the Case of European Union Regions

Bal‑Domańska

2024

CER

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In the field of economics and regional research, income convergence between countries and regions has been analysed since the 1980s. At the beginning of the 21st century, a number of articles addressing income convergence of European Union (EU) countries were published, which was among many topics related to the accession of 12 countries to the EU between 2004 and 2007. The inspiration for this study was the variety of conclusions about convergence in various groups of EU regions. The purpose of this article is to discuss the existing knowledge on the economic convergence of the EU regions and to expand it with the research results covering the period 2000–2021. The results confirm the convergence of incomes within EU regions, which translates into a change in the geographical distribution of income in the EU, slowly blurring the boundaries between the regions of the 2004/2007 enlargement countries and the countries located in the west and south of the EU. At the same time, no convergence within most of the biggest EU countries nor regions with well-developed knowledge-intensive sectors, were recorded.

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Convergence and economic integration of CEECs through EU regional policy system

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Territory, Networking and Regional Policies: Regional Development Agencies of the Post-Transition Eu Member States

Territory, Networking and Regional Policies: Regional Development Agencies of the Post-Transition Eu Member States

In Search of Income Convergence and Ideal Distribution – the Case of European Union Regions

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