Digital agendas, regional policy and institutional quality: assessing the Italian broadband plan

Matteucci, Nicola

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1782876

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“…Even though we only consider tertiary educational attainment as a human capital variable, the results of our analysis complement those by Castellacci et al (2020) regarding the role of skills (and in particular e-skills) as a determinant of technological adoption in European regions. The efficacy of broadband projects financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds have been found to depend strongly on the quality of the institutional setting at the subnational level in Italy (Matteucci, 2020). This points towards an important role also for differences in subnational institutions, including for e-government initiatives and developments, while one should note that Italy has comparably large regional economic differences.…”

Section: Conclusion and Policy Discussionmentioning

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Modelling and projecting digital trends in European regions: an econometric framework

Cuaresma

Lutz

2021

Regional Studies

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Our modelling strategy assesses model uncertainty explicitly and aims to identify the main drivers of differences in digital variables at the household and individual levels in 99 European NUTS-2 regions. Several economic and demographic covariates are found to be robust predictors of these variables. Our benchmark projection results indicate that historical convergence trends in variables related to the access to digital technologies (broadband and internet use) are expected to continue, but that in the absence of particular policy impulses, the digital divide existing in Europe for international e-commerce and e-government interactions is not expected to disappear in the coming years.

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Section: Conclusion and Policy Discussionmentioning

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Modelling and projecting digital trends in European regions: an econometric framework

Cuaresma

Lutz

2021

Regional Studies

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“…Geographical factors such as the presence of hills and mountains in the area often negatively affect broadband penetration due to increased deployment costs. Other factors include low demand of broadband access in dispersed or rural areas (Ferguson, 2004) and the level of institutional capacity (Matteucci, 2020).…”

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Addressing territorial digital divides through ICT strategies: Are investment decisions consistent with local needs?

Reggi

Gil-García

2021

Government Information Quarterly

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Governments around the world are investing a great amount of resources on the development of an information society. These investments are particularly important as an attempt to close digital divides among countries and regions within countries. However, there is no clear evidence that suggests that current Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policies are helping align investments with the actual needs of the local contexts. Based on data about the allocation of 2014-2020 EU Funds, this paper analyzes the relationship between local needs and investment decisions aiming at bridging territorial digital divides. The results identify four different regional strategies developed around four policy goals: broadband, digital inclusion, digital government services, and the use of ICTs in enterprises. The results also show that unlike the past 2007-13 period, the allocations to these goals appear to be consistent with the ICT local context, i.e. funding for a given goal is higher in the regions that need it the most. Therefore, our main recommendation for the European Commission and Member States is to keep existing requirements for developing evidence-informed "Digital Growth" strategies for the next 2021-27 period. We also suggest to strengthen existing support tools for regional governments.

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“…Researchers from different countries pay attention to the regional development in their local areas. In particular, T. Talitha , T. Firman and D. Hudalah discovered decentralization in Indonesia [1]; J. Jia, G. Ma, C. Qin and L. Wang -place-based policies in China [2]; N. Matteucci -digital agendas, regional policy and institutional quality the Italian broadband plan [3]; N. Surubaru -the impact of European aid on national and local development in Bulgaria and Romania [4]; F. Silvestri, and F. Spigarelli and M. Tassinari analyzed regional development of circular economy in the European Union [5]. By this time, E. Merkaj, R. Lucchetti and F. Fiorillo underlined the role of local leaders in regional development funding [6], M. Klofsten , C. Norrman, E. Cadorin and H. Löfsten studied three regional initiatives of the support and development of small and new firms in rural areas [7]; N. Henry and A. Smith evaluated the post-brexit urban and regional development futures [8]; N. Moşteanu discovered green sustainable regional development and digital era [9]; K. Malik, L. Mach, M. Szewczuk-Stepien and P. Bebenek discussed specialization integrated strategy of innovations as an effective model for emerging regional economy development [10]; B. Asheim looked for the new path development in less innovative regions in smart specialization, innovation policy, and regional innovation systems [11]; M. Grillitsch and M. Sotarauta searched the trinity of change agency, regional development paths and opportunity spaces [12].…”

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Ukrainian State Regional Development Fund: Current Realities, Opportunities

Danyliuk

2021

jpnu

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The article examines the modern realities of the functioning of the State Regional Development Fund as a budget program within the State Budget of Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to reveal the key features of the Fund functioning in modern conditions, to assess the current state of financial support of regional development projects, to identify the main problems in this field, and to develop possible solutions. The article substantiates the importance of sustainable development of territories as a mode of functioning of the region, characterized by harmonious positive changes in the most important spheres of life of the individual, society, and state, considering the interests of present and future generations. The change of the tendency of the gap between the declared and approved volumes of financing of regional development projects in 2015-2021 is estimated and the possible consequences of such gap are outlined. The volume and number of development projects in the regional and district dimension, funded by the Ukrainian State Regional Development Fund in 2020, are marked on the map of Ukraine. The need for uniform distribution of project financing based on the new zoning and elimination of "white spots" on the project map is emphasized. The ratio of the number of regional development projects in terms of settlements of implementation by their status was studied. Structural analysis of the use of funds of the Ukrainian State Regional Development Fund by purpose and type of work is performed; the average cost of regional development projects by category and in general are calculated and compared. Based on the analysis, the "bottlenecks" of the Ukrainian State Regional Development Fund functioning at the present stage are identified and the ways to solve them are proposed.

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Digital agendas, regional policy and institutional quality: assessing the Italian broadband plan

Cited by 17 publications

References 29 publications

Modelling and projecting digital trends in European regions: an econometric framework

Modelling and projecting digital trends in European regions: an econometric framework

Addressing territorial digital divides through ICT strategies: Are investment decisions consistent with local needs?

Ukrainian State Regional Development Fund: Current Realities, Opportunities

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