Regional development and the EU pre-accession and structural funds trends and possible courses of action

Tamas Szemler
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Tamas Szemler: Institute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

No 110, IWE Working Papers from Institute for World Economics - Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Abstract: The prospects of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries acceding to the European Union (EU) raises several economic and social questions. A basic one of them is whether the framework of regional policies in the EU is adequate to meet the regional-policy challenges in the CEE countries. Even if this question cannot be decided at present, the EU structural-policy framework certainly provides better chances of doing so than the CEE countries would have otherwise: more adequate institutional models and more abundant (if still insufficient) funding. Although the rules of the game are decided centrally, local initiative is crucial to successful exploitation of the possibilities of EU transfers from the Pre-accession Funds, and from the structural policies of the Union after accession. The attitude of local governments can be decisive in this respect, while non-governmental organizations can act as a catalyst.

Keywords: EU pre-accession; CEE countries; structural policy; institutional models; EU transfers; pre-accession funds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2000-07
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