附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview / Bernard Funck, Lodovico Pizzati, and Martin Bruncko -- Public policies and economic geography / Philippe Martin -- Regional policies and EU enlargement / Michele Boldrin and Fabio Canova -- Discussion of "regional policies and EU enlargement" by Boldrin and Canova, and "Public policies and economic geography" by Martin / Carole Garnier -- Issues and constraints of regional convergence / Alfred Steinherr -- European integration, regional policy, and the nonintervention "hands-off' approach : some comments on the Boldrin and Canova study / Jiři Blažek -- Regional policy experience in Southern Italy / Fabrizio Barca -- European Union regional aid and Irish economic development / Frank Barry -- Does cohesion policy work? Some general considerations and evidence from Spain / Angel de la Fuente -- Do structural actions contribute to reduced regional disparities in the European Union? / Antoni Castells and Marta Espasa -- Impact of regional aid on Catalonia / Alexandre Muns -- Real convergence in the Slovak Republic and European Union regional funds / Martin Bruncko -- The role of EU regional aid in economic convergence in Slovenia / Igor Strmšnik -- Managing European Union funds in the candidate countries : administrative organization and resource distnbution / Vitalis Nakrosis -- Managing European Union regional aid in Central and Eastern European countries : do the countries need development aid? / Jan Szomburg -- Managing regional aid in Latvia / Janis Kruminš -- Discussion notes / Luis Madureira Pires -- What future for EU regional policy? / Christian Weise -- Discussion notes / Vasco Cal -- Conclusions of the conference / Carole Gamier.
摘要:Regional policy in Europe intends to promote income growth in less developed regions. This text brings together the views of leading academics, European Commission representatives and senior policy makers from national governments in charge of regional policy.
