Uneven Regional Development

ISBN-13: 9783825872342 / Niemiecki

Andreas Lange

Opis

Many regions will join the European Union after eastern enlargement with incomes far below the EU average. This book attempts to show that in the catching up of these regions to the EU, average income cannot be achieved by market forces alone. Rather, successful regional development is a complex process involving actors and institutions on the regional, national, and international levels. Thus, regional growth will not only depend on the governance capacities of regions, but also on institutional frameworks set by the nation state and the EU as well as investment decisions of multinational enterprises.