Many European, Latin American and Asian countries have experience with regional policies aiming to reduce regional disparities in GDP per capita and/or to develop problem regions helping to recover from its GDP decrease. Spain represents, without any doubt, a very rich and interesting case-study regarding regional problems and regional development policies.
The aim of this book is not only to analyze the regional policies practiced, their objectives, instruments and effects, but to provide an in-depth analysis on the impact of investments in infrastructure, human capital and other...
Many European, Latin American and Asian countries have experience with regional policies aiming to reduce regional disparities in GDP per capita an...
Juan R. Cuadrado-Roura Patricio Aroc Patricio Aroca
This book offers an overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America; surveys of seven individual countries and comparative analyses of common problems: migration, education, labor, poverty, decentralization, exports and foreign direct investment.
This book offers an overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America; surveys of seven individual countries and comparative analyses of comm...
Why are some regions in the European Union 'winners'of economic integration? And why are others 'losers'? This book explores these important questions and examines the relationship between economic integration, regional convergence, and divergence. In doing so it gives an overview of the most recent evolution of regional disparities in the EU. Central and peripheral regions are analysed as well as those in a re-conversion economic process. The authors address the question of whether regions tend to converge or not from different points of view. They particularly assess the impact of the...
Why are some regions in the European Union 'winners'of economic integration? And why are others 'losers'? This book explores these important questions...
The service sector in most advanced economies accounts for up to seventy percent of employment and GDP and, given its growing importance, has received much research attention over the last two decades. However, not very much attention has been paid to the relationship between this sector and both its territorial impact and regional effects. The main objective of this book is to offer a comprehensive approach to these aspects, focusing particularly on the location factors of service industries and the importance of some specific services, such as business services and knowledge and information...
The service sector in most advanced economies accounts for up to seventy percent of employment and GDP and, given its growing importance, has received...
This book offers an overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America; surveys of seven individual countries and comparative analyses of common problems: migration, education, labor, poverty, decentralization, exports and foreign direct investment.
This book offers an overview of regional processes and trends in Latin America; surveys of seven individual countries and comparative analyses of comm...
